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Safety in Youngstown · Not graded

Crime reported in Youngstown, OH

Youngstown’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
405
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
1,620
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
3 mi
Campbell (C+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported

And about 7 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (27.5)Violent crime (6.9)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Youngstown6.9
Rest of OH3.8
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Youngstown27.5
Rest of OH19.8
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Youngstown’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Ohio. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearYoungstownRest of OhioYoungstownRest of Ohio
202228.722.56.94.0
202331.521.06.83.7
202427.519.86.93.8
2025not reported17.8not reported3.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

2,025 crimes reported in 2024

405 violent and 1,620 property, as reported to the FBI by Youngstown’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft1,007
Burglary333
Vehicle theft280
Aggravated assault316
Robbery53
Rape25
Homicide11
Arson17
405
violent crimes
1,620
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CampbellC+3 mi2.315.9
StruthersB−4 mi2.310.7
GirardC+5 mi2.812.3
Boardman TownshipC−5 mi1.431.6
HubbardB−6 mi2.010.8
Austintown TownshipB−6 mi1.014.6

Straight-line distance from the center of Youngstown. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Youngstown.

On the roads

41 people died in crashes on Youngstown’s roads in 2019–2023

Youngstown had 40 fatal crashes in five years, in which 41 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).

41
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
5
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
13.8
per 100,000 a year · Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000: 4.7

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.

Next door

Youngstown and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Liberty Township———
GirardC+2.812.3
CampbellC+2.315.9
Boardman TownshipC−1.431.6
Austintown TownshipB−1.014.6
Coitsville Township———
Hubbard TownshipA−0.96.1
StruthersB−2.310.7

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Liberty Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Coitsville Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.

How to read these numbers

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 Youngstown. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Youngstown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,850 in 2024); our figure for Youngstown is 58,832 (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 Youngstown

Is Youngstown, OH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Youngstown. Youngstown’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Campbell (C+, 3 mi), Struthers (B−, 4 mi), Girard (C+, 5 mi).

Who polices Youngstown?

Youngstown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Youngstown”. 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, 2024, 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.