Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
Wilmington, OH Crime Grade
How Wilmington 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 2023, the violent crime rate in Wilmington, OH was 166.0 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 12,653). That puts Wilmington 57% below the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 47% below the Ohio statewide rate of 315.6.
That ranks Wilmington #1,782 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #134 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 28% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Wilmington, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 166.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,782 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #134 of 213
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 28%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 12,653
- Reporting agency
- Wilmington Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wilmington Police Department (FBI ORI OH0140400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wilmington, OH
Also known as
- Clinton
- Mount Pleasant
- Robertsons Mills
- Armenia
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. Wilmington (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wilmington vs. U.S., 2023 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 217.9(27) | 251.0(31) | 355.3(44) | 231.9(29) | 166.0(21) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 16.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 80.7(10) | 81.0(10) | 56.5(7) | 40.0(5) | 55.3(7) |
| Robbery | 48.4(6) | 48.6(6) | 24.2(3) | 24.0(3) | 15.8(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 88.8(11) | 121.4(15) | 258.4(32) | 167.9(21) | 94.8(12) |
| Property crime | 5261.9(652) | 2930.5(362) | 2236.6(277) | 2222.9(278) | 2126.0(269) |
| Burglary | 726.3(90) | 323.8(40) | 323.0(40) | 247.9(31) | 166.0(21) |
| Larceny | 4333.8(537) | 2533.8(313) | 1808.6(224) | 1839.1(230) | 1865.2(236) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 193.7(24) | 64.8(8) | 96.9(12) | 119.9(15) | 86.9(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wilmington, 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington calculated?
- Wilmington'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 Wilmington 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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