Crime in Athens, Ohio
Major crime in Athens is 17% below the U.S. rate per resident: 65% lower for persons crimes and 6% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 17.7% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Other larceny stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Athens for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Athens
The middle half of Athens residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 22 and 84; the typical (median) resident's is 34. The citywide figure (83) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5064.9%
- 50–10029.5%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+5.7%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest in the daytime
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 17.7% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%
Change in expected crimes, with Ohio as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Athens against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
441 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Athens; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Athens has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Nelsonville (12 mi), is 1.7 times Athens's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Athens
What are the most common crimes in Athens?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 201 a year), shoplifting (about 62 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 38 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Athens's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Athens's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 13.9% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 25,834. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Athens, Ohio." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/oh/athens
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Nelsonville12 mi139
- Logan22 mi79
- Middleport23 mi40
- New Lexington27 mi44
- Belpre27 mi39
- Wellston28 mi63
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