Safest counties for violent crime rate in Ohio

Top 25 of 88 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Ohio
Rank	County	Value
1	Geauga	18.1 per 100k
2	Holmes	20.6 per 100k
3	Mercer	22.9 per 100k
4	Noble	23.3 per 100k
5	Guernsey	27.1 per 100k
6	Brown	37.8 per 100k
7	Darke	40.9 per 100k
8	Auglaize	44.2 per 100k
9	Adams	45.6 per 100k
10	Ottawa	50.8 per 100k
11	Carroll	54.8 per 100k
12	Huron	55.3 per 100k
13	Williams	55.9 per 100k
14	Putnam	57.6 per 100k
15	Wood	60.5 per 100k
16	Warren	60.5 per 100k
17	Medina	60.6 per 100k
18	Wyandot	63.0 per 100k
19	Seneca	63.5 per 100k
20	Knox	64.3 per 100k
21	Sandusky	64.3 per 100k
22	Preble	67.4 per 100k
23	Perry	67.7 per 100k
24	Delaware	73.0 per 100k
25	Monroe	77.8 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Ohio counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Ohio (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Ohio

How this ranking works

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