CrimeMetric

Crime in Bluffton, Ohio

Major crime in Bluffton is 71% below the U.S. rate per resident: 80% lower for persons crimes and 69% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
29
71% below the U.S. rate
68% below the Ohio rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
20
80% below the U.S. rate
75% below the Ohio rate
down 4.7% in a year
Property crimes
31
69% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Ohio rate
down 8.1% in a year
Social disorder
28
73% below the U.S. rate
70% below the Ohio rate
down 5.5% in a year

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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Crime by type

Every crime type in Bluffton is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Bluffton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Bluffton

Bluffton is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 30; the middle half of residents live where it is between 27 and 33.

Map of Bluffton, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm32
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am29
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm28
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am25
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%OH -7.1%-16.5%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes-4.7%OH -7.1%-3.1%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-8.1%OH -7.1%-18.4%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-5.5%OH -6.1%-8.8%OH -7.0%

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.

Similar-size places

Bluffton against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,505 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Bluffton; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Danville, PA4,092119
Weaver, AL4,093103
Bluffton, OH4,09129

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Bluffton has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Ada (9 mi), is 49% above Bluffton's rate.

Lima15 mi186
Kenton23 mi93
Findlay17 mi78
Wapakoneta27 mi57
Delphos23 mi48
Ada9 mi44
Bluffton29

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Bluffton

What are the most common crimes in Bluffton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 10 a year), theft from vehicle (about 4 a year) and aggravated assault (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 51% below 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. Bluffton's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Bluffton has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 4,091. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bluffton, Ohio." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/oh/bluffton

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100