Dayton, OH crime rate
In 2025 the Dayton Police Department reported 1,229.0 violent crimes and 4,028.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Ohio and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Dayton compare with Ohio and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Dayton only.
What offenses were reported in Dayton, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Ohio | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,672 | 1,229.0 | 275.6 | 327.6 | down 8.8% | up 18.0% |
| Murder | 29 | 21.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | down 28.3% | down 0.9% |
| Rape | 143 | 105.1 | 44.0 | 36.1 | down 14.6% | down 0.8% |
| Robbery | 240 | 176.4 | 39.6 | 49.4 | down 30.2% | down 1.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,260 | 926.2 | 187.5 | 238.0 | down 1.7% | up 25.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 5,480 | 4,028.0 | 1,428.8 | 1,534.8 | down 8.2% | up 10.1% |
| Burglary | 1,130 | 830.6 | 187.3 | 193.6 | down 3.4% | down 10.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 2,781 | 2,044.1 | 1,060.5 | 1,144.1 | down 5.2% | down 4.6% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,531 | 1,125.3 | 181.0 | 197.0 | down 15.9% | up 100.7% |
| Arson | 38 | 27.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 18.2% | up 11.2% |
Reported = offenses known to the Dayton Police Department and sent to the FBI. Ohio and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Dayton | United States | Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,041.7 | 387.0 | 317.4 |
| 2022 | 1,175.2 | 388.7 | 298.0 |
| 2023 | 1,182.1 | 379.5 | 301.3 |
| 2024 | 1,348.1 | 362.9 | 301.0 |
| 2025 | 1,229.0 | 327.6 | 275.6 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Dayton | United States | Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,658.6 | 1,832.3 | 1,720.1 |
| 2022 | 4,338.2 | 1,973.8 | 1,806.7 |
| 2023 | 4,763.2 | 1,934.1 | 1,746.6 |
| 2024 | 4,388.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,602.4 |
| 2025 | 4,028.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,428.8 |
Is Dayton safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Dayton Police Department reported, 1,229.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Ohio's 275.6, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 8.8% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Of the crimes reported to the FBI by Dayton police for 2025, 1,672 were violent, a rate of 1,229.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Dayton Police Department. The rate was 4.5 times the Ohio estimate of 275.6 and 3.8 times the US rate of 327.6. For property crime the figure was 4,028.0 per 100,000, 2.8 times the state's 1,428.8 and 2.6 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 8.8% from 2024 to 2025. Compared with 2021, when the rate was 1,041.7, violent crime is up 18.0%. Aggravated assault rose the most of the violent offenses in those years, 25.8%, and made up 75% of violent crime in 2025.
Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 30.2%. Murder came to 21.3 per 100,000, or 29 homicides, down 28.3% from 2024. Property crime fell 8.2% from 2024.
That leaves property crime 10.1% above its 2021 rate of 3,658.6. Motor vehicle theft rose the most of the property offenses since 2021, 100.7%, to 1,125.3 per 100,000, 6.2 times the state estimate. Burglary, at 830.6 per 100,000, fell 10.8% from 2021.
All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown, and the department has reported to NIBRS since 1998. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports separately. Dayton had 3.01 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.01 per 1,000 residents (342 officers, 67 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Ohio cities
The nearest Ohio cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Dayton Police Department (ORI OH0570200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Ohio and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_OH0570200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Dayton Police Department (OH0570200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_OH0570200__from-2021-to-2025.json)