Crime in Washington Court House, Ohio
Major crime in Washington Court House is 38% below the U.S. rate per resident: 57% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Other larceny stands out most, at 1.5 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Washington Court House for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Washington Court House
The middle half of Washington Court House residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 33 and 71; the typical (median) resident's is 65.
- 0–5039.1%
- 50–10046.7%
- 100–20014.2%
- 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.
Highest in the daytime
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.8% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%
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.
Washington Court House against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,249 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Washington Court House; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Washington Court House 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, Sabina (10 mi), is 36% below Washington Court House's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Washington Court House
What are the most common crimes in Washington Court House?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 121 a year), burglary (about 16 a year) and aggravated assault (about 13 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 1.5 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. Washington Court House's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Washington Court House's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 15,641. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Washington Court House, Ohio." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/oh/washington-court-house
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Sabina10 mi40
- Greenfield14 mi31
- Wilmington22 mi83
- Hillsboro25 mi61
- London25 mi50
- Circleville27 mi130
- Chillicothe28 mi215
- West Jefferson29 mi27