Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Zanesville, OH Crime Grade
How Zanesville 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
9/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Zanesville, OH was 361.6 per 100,000 residents (89 incidents over a population of 24,610). That puts Zanesville 1% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 16% above the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Zanesville #2,891 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #190 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Zanesville, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 361.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,891 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #190 of 213
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 24,610
- Reporting agency
- Zanesville Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Zanesville Police Department (FBI ORI OH0600100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Zanesville, OH
Also known as
- Westbourne
- Zanes 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. Zanesville (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Zanesville 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 | 421.7(106) | 401.3(101) | 368.4(91) | 363.1(89) | 361.6(89) |
| Murder | 11.9(3) | 11.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) |
| Rape | 119.4(30) | 151.0(38) | 109.3(27) | 85.7(21) | 97.5(24) |
| Robbery | 87.5(22) | 67.6(17) | 60.7(15) | 57.1(14) | 24.4(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 202.9(51) | 170.9(43) | 198.4(49) | 220.3(54) | 235.7(58) |
| Property crime | 3747.6(942) | 3226.6(812) | 3627.1(896) | 3859.3(946) | 2954.1(727) |
| Burglary | 549.0(138) | 306.0(77) | 348.1(86) | 493.6(121) | 552.6(136) |
| Larceny | 3035.5(763) | 2729.9(687) | 3161.6(781) | 3206.6(786) | 2218.6(546) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 139.2(35) | 178.8(45) | 109.3(27) | 150.9(37) | 154.4(38) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Zanesville, 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 Zanesville 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 Zanesville calculated?
- Zanesville'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 Zanesville 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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