Heath, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Heath, OH Summary

Crime in Heath research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Heath 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 Heath:

  • There were 489 total crimes committed in Heath the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,595.4 total crimes per 100K people in Heath.
  • The overall crime rate in Heath is 97.72% above the national average.
  • Heath ranks #412 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Heath ranks #9,263 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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Heath Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Heath is 4,595.4 per 100,000 people. That's 97.72% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 112.84% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Heath
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 489 4,595.4 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 2 18.8 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 10 94.0 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 17 159.8 308.8 369.8
Burglary 92 864.6 318.8 269.8
Larceny 363 3,411.3 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 17 159.8 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 472 4,435.7 1,850.3 1,954.4

Heath 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 Heath

17
Violent Crimes
159.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-56.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Heath in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Heath is 159.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 625.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Heath each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -56.80% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -48.26% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Heath

472
Property Crimes
4,435.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
126.96%
Above The National Average
  • There were 472 property crimes in Heath in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Heath is 4,435.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 22.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Heath each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 126.96% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 139.72% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Heath

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Newark, OH 50,818 1,499 2,949.7 2,717.5 232.2
Reynoldsburg, OH 38,600 1,087 2,816.1 2,461.1 354.9
Pickerington, OH 24,647 255 1,034.6 937.2 97.4
Pataskala, OH 18,283 132 722.0 645.4 76.6
New Albany, OH 10,851 159 1,465.3 1,373.1 92.2
Granville, OH 5,741 34 592.2 522.6 69.7
Buckeye Lake, OH 2,575 46 1,786.4 1,514.6 271.8
Hebron, OH 2,376 43 1,809.8 1,641.4 168.4

Heath SnackAbility

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