Defiance, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Defiance, OH Summary

Crime in Defiance research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Defiance over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Defiance:

  • There were 247 total crimes committed in Defiance the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,459.6 total crimes per 100K people in Defiance.
  • The overall crime rate in Defiance is -37.20% below the national average.
  • Defiance ranks #252 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Defiance ranks #5,199 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Defiance Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Defiance is 1,459.6 per 100,000 people. That's -37.20% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -32.40% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Defiance
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 247 1,459.6 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 2 11.8 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 26 153.6 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 44 260.0 308.8 369.8
Burglary 18 106.4 318.8 269.8
Larceny 175 1,034.1 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 10 59.1 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 203 1,199.6 1,850.3 1,954.4

Defiance Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Defiance

44
Violent Crimes
260.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-29.69%
Below The National Average
  • There were 44 violent crimes in Defiance in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Defiance is 260.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 384.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Defiance each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -29.69% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -15.79% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Defiance

203
Property Crimes
1,199.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 203 property crimes in Defiance in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Defiance is 1,199.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Defiance each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.62% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.17% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Defiance

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Findlay, OH 39,881 777 1,948.3 1,772.8 175.5
Bowling Green, OH 30,730 428 1,392.8 1,340.7 52.1
Perrysburg, OH 25,165 159 631.8 615.9 15.9
Sylvania, OH 19,055 159 834.4 792.4 42.0
Maumee, OH 13,725 408 2,972.7 2,776.0 196.7
Wauseon, OH 7,492 116 1,548.3 1,334.8 213.6
Waterville, OH 6,022 39 647.6 514.8 132.8
Ada, OH 5,238 10 190.9 190.9 0.0

Defiance SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
9
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