Kettering, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Kettering, OH Summary

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

  • There were 833 total crimes committed in Kettering the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,458.7 total crimes per 100K people in Kettering.
  • The overall crime rate in Kettering is -37.24% below the national average.
  • Kettering ranks #251 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Kettering ranks #5,193 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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Kettering Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Kettering is 1,458.7 per 100,000 people. That's -37.24% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -32.44% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Kettering
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 833 1,458.7 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 6 10.5 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 12 21.0 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 29 50.8 308.8 369.8
Burglary 85 148.8 318.8 269.8
Larceny 633 1,108.4 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 86 150.6 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 804 1,407.9 1,850.3 1,954.4

Kettering 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 Kettering

29
Violent Crimes
50.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-86.27%
Below The National Average
  • There were 29 violent crimes in Kettering in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Kettering is 50.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,969.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Kettering each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -86.27% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -83.55% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Kettering

804
Property Crimes
1,407.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 804 property crimes in Kettering in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Kettering is 1,407.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 71.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Kettering each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.96% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.91% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Kettering

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Dayton, OH 137,084 7,480 5,456.5 4,285.7 1,170.8
Beavercreek, OH 46,749 787 1,683.5 1,589.3 94.1
Centerville, OH 25,249 269 1,065.4 1,025.8 39.6
Riverside, OH 24,322 438 1,800.8 1,591.2 209.7
Lebanon, OH 21,547 335 1,554.7 1,406.2 148.5
Miamisburg, OH 19,723 355 1,799.9 1,658.0 142.0
Springboro, OH 19,431 99 509.5 478.6 30.9
Vandalia, OH 14,960 269 1,798.1 1,671.1 127.0
Clayton, OH 13,228 140 1,058.4 929.8 128.5
West Carrollton, OH 12,951 265 2,046.2 1,814.5 231.6

Kettering SnackAbility

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