Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Westerville, OH Crime Grade
How Westerville 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Westerville, OH was 223.8 per 100,000 residents (84 incidents over a population of 37,540). That puts Westerville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 29% below the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Westerville #2,215 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #170 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and up 103% over the last five years.
Westerville, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Ohio Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 223.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,215 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #170 of 213
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- up 103%
- Population
- 37,540
- Reporting agency
- Westerville Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Westerville Police Department (FBI ORI OH0251000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Westerville, OH
Also known as
- Westervelt
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. Westerville (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Westerville vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 110.4(46) | 131.0(55) | 153.1(59) | 191.7(73) | 223.8(84) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 28.8(12) | 21.4(9) | 41.5(16) | 23.6(9) | 42.6(16) |
| Robbery | 12.0(5) | 21.4(9) | 15.6(6) | 21.0(8) | 21.3(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 69.6(29) | 85.7(36) | 96.0(37) | 147.0(56) | 159.8(60) |
| Property crime | 1680.6(700) | 1455.3(611) | 2021.9(779) | 2103.2(801) | 1752.8(658) |
| Burglary | 84.0(35) | 121.5(51) | 171.3(66) | 97.2(37) | 101.2(38) |
| Larceny | 1507.7(628) | 1267.1(532) | 1674.1(645) | 1835.4(699) | 1550.3(582) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 76.8(32) | 66.7(28) | 168.7(65) | 154.9(59) | 98.6(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Westerville, 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 Westerville 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 Westerville calculated?
- Westerville'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 Westerville 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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