Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Sylvania Township, OH Crime Grade
How Sylvania Township 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
3/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Sylvania Township, OH was 62.8 per 100,000 residents (20 incidents over a population of 31,858). That puts Sylvania Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 78% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Sylvania Township #669 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 82% of them, and #55 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
Sylvania Township, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Ohio Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 62.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #669 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #55 of 213
- Safer than
- 82% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 31,858
- Reporting agency
- Sylvania Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Sylvania Township Police Department (FBI ORI OH0480600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Sylvania Township, OH
Also known as
- Whiteford
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. Sylvania Township (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Sylvania Township 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 | 116.4(35) | 106.8(34) | 81.9(26) | 72.5(23) | 62.8(20) |
| Murder | 3.3(1) | 3.1(1) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 13.3(4) | 9.4(3) | 12.6(4) | 3.2(1) | 3.1(1) |
| Robbery | 13.3(4) | 31.4(10) | 18.9(6) | 9.5(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 86.4(26) | 62.8(20) | 47.2(15) | 59.9(19) | 59.6(19) |
| Property crime | 2051.3(617) | 2045.0(651) | 1905.2(605) | 1506.7(478) | 1230.5(392) |
| Burglary | 103.1(31) | 135.1(43) | 138.6(44) | 94.6(30) | 78.5(25) |
| Larceny | 1825.3(549) | 1705.8(543) | 1624.9(516) | 1327.0(421) | 1123.7(358) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 123.0(37) | 197.9(63) | 141.7(45) | 85.1(27) | 28.3(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Sylvania Township, 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 Sylvania Township 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 Sylvania Township calculated?
- Sylvania Township'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 Sylvania Township 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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