CrimeMetric

Crime in Willard, Ohio

Major crime in Willard is 43% below the U.S. rate per resident: 69% lower for persons crimes and 38% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
57
43% below the U.S. rate
39% below the Ohio rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
31
69% below the U.S. rate
62% below the Ohio rate
down 6.4% in a year
Property crimes
62
38% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Ohio rate
down 8.6% in a year
Social disorder
71
29% below the U.S. rate
24% below the Ohio rate
down 5.7% 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

Intimidation stands out most, at 36% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Willard 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 Willard

The middle half of Willard residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 42 and 80; the typical (median) resident's is 47. The citywide figure (57) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Willard, 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.
  • 0–5051.1%
  • 50–10048.9%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm64
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am49
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm56
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am51
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Ohio it fell 7.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%OH -7.1%-18.2%OH -13.6%
Persons crimes-6.4%OH -7.1%-4.3%OH -3.7%
Property crimes-8.6%OH -7.1%-19.7%OH -15.6%
Social disorder-5.7%OH -6.1%-8.9%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

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

1,204 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Willard; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Willard 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, Shelby (12 mi), is 29% above Willard's rate.

Ontario20 mi127
Bucyrus21 mi78
Shelby12 mi73
Willard57
New London17 mi47
Galion22 mi43
Bellevue17 mi40
Clyde22 mi37
Norwalk15 mi30

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

Questions about crime in Willard

What are the most common crimes in Willard?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 36 a year), burglary (about 12 a year) and shoplifting (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 36% above 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. Willard's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Willard'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: 7,328. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100