Barberton, OH carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 14% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Barberton, OH shows violent crime at 303.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,075.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
303.6/100K violent
2075.9/100K property
-14% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Barberton, OH
Comparable rate records
Barberton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Barberton's 303.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are McConnelsville (306.2), Sidney (311.4), Village of Leesburg (311.5), Hamilton (313.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Barberton reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Ohio cities
At 303.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Barberton ranks 51 of 340 — above 289 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +168.4% against the cohort median of 113.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 254.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 303.6 in 2024 (+19.1%). The highest observed value was 346.2 in 2022 and the lowest 254.9 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Barberton's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Barberton's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9 Census sq mi, Barberton logged 56.1 property and 8.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Barberton's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 580 offenses; mix index 5,893).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-6.4%
324.3 → 303.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.4%
2067.2 → 2075.9/100K
Property offenses lead Barberton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OH
Property Crime
506
2075.9
1545.4
Larceny-Theft
439
1801
-
Burglary
44
180.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
94.4
-
Arson
7
28.7
-
Violent Crime
74
303.6
292.8
Aggravated Assault
52
213.3
-
Rape
16
65.6
-
Robbery
6
24.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Barberton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Barberton property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Barberton Police Department
Reporting agency for Barberton NIBRS-participating
Barberton Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Barberton's 580 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Ohio
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Ohio cities closest to Barberton in population. Their populations run from 23,736 to 25,562, against 24,375 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Barberton reported 74 violent crimes and 506 property crimes, for a total of 580 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Barberton?
From 2023 to 2024, Barberton's violent crime rate decreased by 6.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.4%.
What is the most common crime in Barberton?
The most common crime type in Barberton is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.7% of all reported crimes (439 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Barberton figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Barberton, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.