Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Woodlawn than in 90% of U.S. towns
Measured on crimes Woodlawn’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D: #276 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. The graded rate rose 47% from 2023 to 2025. Its police logs show 5.3 violent crimes and 28.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Ohio the numbers are 3.7 and 19.6. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 Woodlawn
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Ohio towns on Woodlawn’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Wyoming (A−), Springfield Township (B−), Evendale (D−). Lincoln Heights has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Glendale reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Woodlawn has 5,191 jobs based in town for 3,928 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Woodlawn’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Woodlawn property | Rest of Ohio property | Woodlawn violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.2 | 21.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 23.9 | 19.8 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 35.0 | 17.8 | 6.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Crime in Woodlawn 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Woodlawn | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Woodlawn’s police reported 62 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
161 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.
24 violent and 137 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodlawn’s police.
No one died in a crash on Woodlawn’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Woodlawn’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woodlawn’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Woodlawn and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | D | 5.3 | 28.1 |
| Lincoln Heights | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | B− | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| Glendale | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | A− | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| Evendale | D− | 2.4 | 56.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lincoln Heights has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Glendale reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | D | 5.3 | 28.1 |
| Barnesville | A | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Amberley | A− | 0.4 | 7.0 |
| New Lebanon | B− | 2.3 | 8.1 |
| Montpelier | C | 2.7 | 19.9 |
| St. Bernard | C− | 3.4 | 24.9 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Woodlawn’s population (3,928), 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 Woodlawn. 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 Woodlawn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,914 in 2025); our figure for Woodlawn is 3,928 (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 Woodlawn
Is Woodlawn, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woodlawn reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #276 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 5.3 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 Woodlawn?
5.3 violent and 28.1 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.
Is Woodlawn safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than Woodlawn: Springfield Township grades B− for safety and Woodlawn D. Springfield Township’s police reported 1.8 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woodlawn?
Woodlawn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodlawn”. 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.