Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Defiance, OH Crime Grade
How Defiance grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Ohio — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
8/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Defiance, OH was 215.0 per 100,000 residents (37 incidents over a population of 17,213). That puts Defiance 34% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 24% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Defiance (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Defiance vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 225.4(37) | 260.0(44) | 259.4(44) | 217.1(37) | 215.0(37) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 97.5(16) | 94.5(16) | 58.9(10) | 58.7(10) | 46.5(8) |
| Robbery | 30.5(5) | 11.8(2) | 23.6(4) | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 97.5(16) | 153.6(26) | 170.9(29) | 158.4(27) | 162.7(28) |
| Property crime | 1267.1(208) | 1199.6(203) | 1438.3(244) | 1179.4(201) | 1045.7(180) |
| Burglary | 127.9(21) | 106.4(18) | 106.1(18) | 123.2(21) | 75.5(13) |
| Larceny | 1139.2(187) | 1034.1(175) | 1279.1(217) | 1038.6(177) | 947.0(163) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 59.1(10) | 47.2(8) | 17.6(3) | 23.2(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Defiance's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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