CrimeMetric

Crime in Cambridge, Ohio

Major crime in Cambridge is 6% below the U.S. rate per resident: 55% lower for persons crimes and 5% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
95
6% below the U.S. rate
about the Ohio rate
down 7.1% in a year
Persons crimes
45
55% below the U.S. rate
45% below the Ohio rate
down 5.1% in a year
Property crimes
105
5% above the U.S. rate
12% above the Ohio rate
down 7.3% in a year
Social disorder
71
29% below the U.S. rate
24% below the Ohio rate
down 5.4% 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

Other larceny stands out most, at 1.9 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Cambridge

The middle half of Cambridge residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 47 and 94; the typical (median) resident's is 57. The citywide figure (95) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Cambridge, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5039.8%
  • 50–10036.6%
  • 100–20019.6%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+3.9%

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 weekend daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm116
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am68
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm123
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am62
Trend and outlook

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

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.1%OH -7.1%-14.9%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes-5.1%OH -7.1%-1.6%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-7.3%OH -7.1%-16.2%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-5.4%OH -6.1%-7.1%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

Cambridge against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

603 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Cambridge; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Cambridge, OH9,82895
Alma, MI9,83073
Rifle, CO9,83570
Howell, MI9,83738
Elburn, IL9,83323

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

Nearby places

Cambridge 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, Byesville (5 mi), is 43% below Cambridge's rate.

Zanesville23 mi160
Uhrichsville28 mi103
Cambridge95
Coshocton21 mi69
Byesville5 mi54
Dennison29 mi24

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

Questions about crime in Cambridge

What are the most common crimes in Cambridge?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 95 a year), shoplifting (about 31 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 13 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 1.9 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. Cambridge's figures add up its 11 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Cambridge 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: 9,828. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100