Data on this report is based on areas within the legal city boundary, outlined in black on the map. Any additional neighborhoods shown on the map are associated with the city by name and are included for reference only.
Raw data sources:
18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
Where is 2023 data?
Methodology:
Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations….
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Canal Winchester is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (87%) and also has a lower crime rate than 80% of the communities in Ohio, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Canal Winchester is one in 371 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43.
Additionally, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Canal Winchester, and we found that the crime rate in Canal Winchester is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Canal Winchester is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Canal Winchester does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Canal Winchester.
For Canal Winchester, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Canal Winchester than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3219, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Canal Winchester is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Canal Winchester than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 420.
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FAQ on NeighborhoodScout's Crime Data
NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout’s proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.
