Yellow Springs, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Yellow Springs, OH Summary

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

  • There were 56 total crimes committed in Yellow Springs the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,509.4 total crimes per 100K people in Yellow Springs.
  • The overall crime rate in Yellow Springs is -35.06% below the national average.
  • Yellow Springs ranks #263 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Yellow Springs ranks #5,340 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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Yellow Springs Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Yellow Springs is 1,509.4 per 100,000 people. That's -35.06% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -30.09% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Yellow Springs
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 56 1,509.4 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 53.9 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 2 53.9 308.8 369.8
Burglary 6 161.7 318.8 269.8
Larceny 43 1,159.0 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 134.8 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 54 1,455.5 1,850.3 1,954.4

Yellow Springs 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 Yellow Springs

2
Violent Crimes
53.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.42%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Yellow Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Yellow Springs is 53.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,855.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Yellow Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.42% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -82.54% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Yellow Springs

54
Property Crimes
1,455.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-25.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 54 property crimes in Yellow Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Yellow Springs is 1,455.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 68.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Yellow Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -25.53% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -21.34% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Yellow Springs

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kettering, OH 57,107 833 1,458.7 1,407.9 50.8
Beavercreek, OH 46,749 787 1,683.5 1,589.3 94.1
Huber Heights, OH 43,233 875 2,023.9 1,864.3 159.6
Fairborn, OH 34,725 516 1,486.0 1,212.4 273.6
Xenia, OH 25,513 536 2,100.9 1,912.8 188.1
Centerville, OH 25,249 269 1,065.4 1,025.8 39.6
Vandalia, OH 14,960 269 1,798.1 1,671.1 127.0
Bellbrook, OH 7,345 48 653.5 585.4 68.1
Cedarville, OH 4,364 14 320.8 252.1 68.7

Yellow Springs SnackAbility

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