CrimeMetric

Crime in Ontario, Ohio

Major crime in Ontario is 27% above the U.S. rate per resident: 53% lower for persons crimes and 45% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
127
27% above the U.S. rate
38% above the Ohio rate
down 4.7% in a year
Persons crimes
47
53% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Ohio rate
about flat in a year
Property crimes
145
45% above the U.S. rate
1.5 times the Ohio rate
down 5.1% in a year
Social disorder
51
49% below the U.S. rate
46% below the Ohio rate
down 1.8% 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

Shoplifting stands out most, at 4.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Ontario 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 Ontario

Ontario is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 182; the middle half of residents live where it is between 19 and 203.

Map of Ontario, 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.
  • 0–5040.6%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–20019.0%
  • 200–40040.4%
  • 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 weekend daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm152
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am73
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm203
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am98
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 4.7% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-4.7%OH -7.1%-15.0%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes+0.8%OH -7.1%-2.0%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-5.1%OH -7.1%-15.9%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-1.8%OH -6.1%-9.4%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

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

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

Westgate, FL7,442142
Ontario, OH7,445127
Wilton, CA7,45374

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

Nearby places

Ontario has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Mansfield (4 mi), is 17% above Ontario's rate.

Mansfield4 mi149
Ontario127
Bucyrus20 mi78
Shelby8 mi73
Ashland16 mi57
Willard20 mi57
Galion10 mi43
Lexington7 mi20

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

Questions about crime in Ontario

What are the most common crimes in Ontario?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 110 a year), other larceny (about 27 a year) and aggravated assault (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 4.6 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. Ontario's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Ontario 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: 7,445. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100