Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gahanna, OH Crime Grade
How Gahanna 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
7/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gahanna, OH was 169.0 per 100,000 residents (60 incidents over a population of 35,504). That puts Gahanna Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 40% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Gahanna #1,814 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #138 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 27% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Gahanna, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 169.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,814 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #138 of 213
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 27%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 35,504
- Reporting agency
- Gahanna Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gahanna Police Department (FBI ORI OH0250400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gahanna, OH
Also known as
- Gahana
- Bridgeport
- Gahannan
History
Founded in 1849 by John Clark, an Ohio native and plantation owner. Local folklore indicates that the community was named for Gay Hanna, a popular Indian girl who lived in the community. (City history of Gahanna, Ohio) Another name origin indicates that the community was named for the Gahanna River, now called Big Walnut Creek, an Indian word meaning "three united in one". (Ohio Town Names,William D Overman, 1958)
Location
Located on Route 62, northeast of Columbus at the intersection of Route 317 in eastern Franklin County.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Gahanna (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gahanna 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 | 234.9(84) | 238.9(84) | 186.6(65) | 231.6(81) | 169.0(60) |
| Murder | 8.4(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.9(1) | 2.8(1) |
| Rape | 50.3(18) | 56.9(20) | 43.1(15) | 28.6(10) | 36.6(13) |
| Robbery | 30.8(11) | 25.6(9) | 37.3(13) | 28.6(10) | 8.4(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 145.4(52) | 156.4(55) | 106.2(37) | 171.5(60) | 121.1(43) |
| Property crime | 1890.1(676) | 2391.4(841) | 1814.0(632) | 1849.7(647) | 1656.2(588) |
| Burglary | 176.1(63) | 153.6(54) | 157.9(55) | 137.2(48) | 84.5(30) |
| Larceny | 1590.9(569) | 1945.0(684) | 1406.4(490) | 1426.6(499) | 1430.8(508) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 117.4(42) | 290.0(102) | 241.1(84) | 271.6(95) | 135.2(48) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gahanna, OH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Gahanna Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Gahanna calculated?
- Gahanna's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Ohio state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Gahanna Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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