Zanesville, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Zanesville, OH Summary

Crime in Zanesville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Zanesville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Zanesville:

  • There were 946 total crimes committed in Zanesville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,829.5 total crimes per 100K people in Zanesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Zanesville is 64.77% above the national average.
  • Zanesville ranks #400 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Zanesville ranks #8,842 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Zanesville Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Zanesville is 3,829.5 per 100,000 people. That's 64.77% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 77.37% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Zanesville
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 946 3,829.5 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 14 56.7 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 44 178.1 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 74 299.6 308.8 369.8
Burglary 77 311.7 318.8 269.8
Larceny 770 3,117.0 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 25 101.2 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 872 3,529.9 1,850.3 1,954.4

Zanesville Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Zanesville

74
Violent Crimes
299.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-18.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 74 violent crimes in Zanesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Zanesville is 299.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 333.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Zanesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -18.99% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -2.98% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Zanesville

872
Property Crimes
3,529.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
80.61%
Above The National Average
  • There were 872 property crimes in Zanesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Zanesville is 3,529.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Zanesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 80.61% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 90.77% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Zanesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Reynoldsburg, OH 38,600 1,087 2,816.1 2,461.1 354.9
Westerville, OH 38,528 820 2,128.3 1,983.0 145.3
Gahanna, OH 35,167 919 2,613.2 2,374.4 238.9
Pickerington, OH 24,647 255 1,034.6 937.2 97.4
New Philadelphia, OH 17,508 23 131.4 108.5 22.8
Bexley, OH 13,956 282 2,020.6 1,934.7 86.0
New Albany, OH 10,851 159 1,465.3 1,373.1 92.2
Granville, OH 5,741 34 592.2 522.6 69.7
South Zanesville, OH 1,905 13 682.4 577.4 105.0

Zanesville SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
4
Commute
9
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