CrimeMetric

Crime in Johnstown, Ohio

Major crime in Johnstown is 73% below the U.S. rate per resident: 70% lower for persons crimes and 74% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
27
73% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Ohio rate
down 8.2% in a year
Persons crimes
30
70% below the U.S. rate
63% below the Ohio rate
down 1.7% in a year
Property crimes
26
74% below the U.S. rate
72% below the Ohio rate
down 9.7% in a year
Social disorder
33
67% below the U.S. rate
65% below the Ohio rate
down 4.8% 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 Johnstown is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Johnstown 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 Johnstown

Johnstown is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 27; the middle half of residents live where it is between 25 and 29.

Map of Johnstown, 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 Friday and Saturday nights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm25
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am29
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm24
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am30
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.2% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.2%OH -7.1%-9.6%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes-1.7%OH -7.1%+4.8%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-9.7%OH -7.1%-13.3%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-4.8%OH -6.1%-3.3%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

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

1,553 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Johnstown; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Holbrook, AZ4,988244
Carmi, IL4,993100
Johnstown, OH4,98927

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

Nearby places

Johnstown has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, New Albany (8 mi), is 2.6 times Johnstown's rate.

Reynoldsburg15 mi134
Gahanna13 mi96
Pataskala11 mi38
Johnstown27
Sunbury11 mi26
Granville10 mi26

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

Questions about crime in Johnstown

What are the most common crimes in Johnstown?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 10 a year), theft from vehicle (about 5 a year) and aggravated assault (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 50% 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. Johnstown's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Johnstown 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: 4,989. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100