Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Youngstown, OH Crime Grade
How Youngstown 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
10/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Youngstown, OH was 688.2 per 100,000 residents (405 incidents over a population of 58,850). That puts Youngstown Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 120% above the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Youngstown #3,508 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #203 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 2% year over year and up 86% over the last five years.
Youngstown, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 688.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,508 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #203 of 213
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 2%
- 5-year change
- up 86%
- Population
- 58,850
- Reporting agency
- Youngstown Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Youngstown Police Department (FBI ORI OH0500900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Youngstown, OH
Also known as
- Youngs Town
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. Youngstown (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Youngstown 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 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 369.3(239) | 769.6(489) | 685.6(411) | 677.2(398) | 688.2(405) |
| Murder | 12.4(8) | 44.1(28) | 30.0(18) | 30.6(18) | 18.7(11) |
| Rape | 47.9(31) | 89.7(57) | 60.1(36) | 52.7(31) | 42.5(25) |
| Robbery | 106.6(69) | 116.5(74) | 101.8(61) | 93.6(55) | 90.1(53) |
| Aggravated assault | 202.4(131) | 519.4(330) | 493.8(296) | 500.2(294) | 537.0(316) |
| Property crime | 1959.1(1,268) | 2485.1(1,579) | 2907.7(1,743) | 3207.3(1,885) | 2786.7(1,640) |
| Burglary | 605.7(392) | 640.6(407) | 745.7(447) | 719.7(423) | 565.8(333) |
| Larceny | 1039.8(673) | 1536.1(976) | 1676.6(1,005) | 1630.0(958) | 1716.2(1,010) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 228.7(148) | 275.4(175) | 460.4(276) | 804.8(473) | 475.8(280) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Youngstown, 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 Youngstown 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 Youngstown calculated?
- Youngstown'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 Youngstown 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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