CrimeMetric

Crime in Salem Heights, Ohio

Major crime in Salem Heights is 74% below the U.S. rate per resident: 80% lower for persons crimes and 72% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 18.3% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
26
74% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Ohio rate
down 18.3% in a year
Persons crimes
20
80% below the U.S. rate
76% below the Ohio rate
down 12.7% in a year
Property crimes
28
72% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Ohio rate
down 19.1% in a year
Social disorder
21
80% below the U.S. rate
78% below the Ohio rate
down 15.5% 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 Salem Heights is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Salem Heights 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 Salem Heights

Salem Heights is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 13; the middle half of residents live where it is between 13 and 34.

Map of Salem Heights, 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.
  • 0–5087.9%
  • 50–10012.1%
  • 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 weeknights

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 6am27
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 18.3% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-18.3%OH -7.1%-13.0%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes-12.7%OH -7.1%-1.0%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-19.1%OH -7.1%-14.9%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-15.5%OH -6.1%-8.1%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

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

1,566 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Salem Heights; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Calais, ME3,06962
Cactus, TX3,06656
Dayton, WA3,06749
Salem Heights, OH3,06626

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

Nearby places

Salem Heights has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fruit Hill (1 mi), is about Salem Heights's rate.

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

Questions about crime in Salem Heights

What are the most common crimes in Salem Heights?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 5 a year), theft from vehicle (about 3 a year) and shoplifting (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 53% 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. Salem Heights's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Salem Heights 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: 3,066. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Salem Heights, Ohio." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/oh/salem-heights

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100