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Columbus Crime Rate Report (Ohio)

Columbus crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Columbus for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Columbus in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 32.66% and the city property crime rate in Columbus was higher than the national property crime rate average by 56.78%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Columbus was higher than the violent crime rate in Ohio by 71.69% and the city property crime rate in Columbus was higher than the property crime rate in Ohio by 60.92%.

Property and Violent Crime
Columbus Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Columbus Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Columbus Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,788
Arson0
Burglary5,809
Larceny and Theft20,606
Motor Vehicle Theft3,559
Murder and Manslaughter81
Rape882
Robbery1,810
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)35,729
Property Crime29,974
Violent Crime4,561
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,754
Arson137
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft15,047
Motor Vehicle Theft2,845
Murder and Manslaughter100
Rape1,112
Robbery576
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)22,646
Property Crime16,891
Violent Crime3,542

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Columbus Property Crime

Columbus Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Columbus Crime 2019

Columbus Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Columbus Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Columbus Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Columbus, Ohio crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Columbus crime report data for 2025 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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