Photo: User:OHWiki · Public domainProperty crime per resident is higher in Upper Sandusky than in 74% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades C+ for safety (#218 of 296 graded towns in Ohio). By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 21% from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.6 violent crimes and 18.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Upper Sandusky
A job center
Upper Sandusky has 5,047 jobs based in town for 6,661 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Upper Sandusky’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Upper Sandusky’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Upper Sandusky property | Rest of Ohio property | Upper Sandusky violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.6 | 22.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 18.7 | 21.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 1.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 17.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Upper Sandusky | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Upper Sandusky’s police reported 31 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Upper Sandusky per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
110 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
5 violent and 105 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Sandusky’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Upper Sandusky’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Sandusky had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Upper Sandusky’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Sandusky’s own rate (6.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Upper Sandusky and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Sandusky | C+ | 1.6 | 18.6 |
| Crane Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Crane Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Sandusky | C+ | 1.6 | 18.6 |
| Springfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| Belpre | B+ | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Beaver Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Ontario | C− | 1.2 | 29.3 |
| Moraine | D− | 6.6 | 64.0 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Upper Sandusky’s population (6,661), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Upper Sandusky. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Upper Sandusky’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,612 in 2025); our figure for Upper Sandusky is 6,661 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Upper Sandusky
Is Upper Sandusky, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper Sandusky reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #218 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Upper Sandusky?
1.6 violent and 18.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Upper Sandusky?
Upper Sandusky’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Sandusky”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.