Mount Vernon, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Vernon, OH Summary

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

  • There were 142 total crimes committed in Mount Vernon the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 854.1 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Vernon.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Vernon is -63.25% below the national average.
  • Mount Vernon ranks #148 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Mount Vernon ranks #3,240 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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Mount Vernon Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Vernon is 854.1 per 100,000 people. That's -63.25% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -60.44% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Vernon
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 142 854.1 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 6.0 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 42.1 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 10 60.2 308.8 369.8
Burglary 19 114.3 318.8 269.8
Larceny 109 655.6 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 4 24.1 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 132 794.0 1,850.3 1,954.4

Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon

10
Violent Crimes
60.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-83.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Mount Vernon in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Vernon is 60.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,662.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Vernon each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -83.73% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -80.52% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Vernon

132
Property Crimes
794.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 132 property crimes in Mount Vernon in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Vernon is 794.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 125.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Vernon each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.37% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.09% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Vernon

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Dublin, OH 48,799 582 1,192.6 1,125.0 67.6
Westerville, OH 38,528 820 2,128.3 1,983.0 145.3
Hilliard, OH 36,644 404 1,102.5 960.6 141.9
Upper Arlington, OH 35,831 375 1,046.6 1,013.1 33.5
Gahanna, OH 35,167 919 2,613.2 2,374.4 238.9
Powell, OH 14,407 94 652.5 610.8 41.6
Worthington, OH 14,346 243 1,693.9 1,596.3 97.6
Bexley, OH 13,956 282 2,020.6 1,934.7 86.0
New Albany, OH 10,851 159 1,465.3 1,373.1 92.2
Grandview Heights, OH 8,254 199 2,411.0 2,314.0 96.9

Mount Vernon SnackAbility

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