Grove City, OH carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 63% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Grove City, OH shows violent crime at 129.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,652.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 63% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
129.4/100K violent
2652.3/100K property
-63% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Grove City, OH
Comparable rate records
Grove City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Grove City's 129.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Englewood (129.0), University Heights (129.8), Heath (129.9), Goshen Township, Mahoning County (130.2). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 202.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 129.4 in 2024 (-36.0%). The highest observed value was 210.7 in 2023 and the lowest 109.3 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 4.7% of the 1,204 Part I offenses reported in Grove City for 2024, against a median of 10.6% across comparable Ohio cities — a gap of 6.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Grove City sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 129.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Grove City ranks 155 of 340 — above 185 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +14.4% 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.
Property counts dominate Grove City'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.
Grove City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 18.8 Census sq mi, Grove City logged 60.9 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Grove City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 1,204 offenses; mix index 7,037).
Violent offenses are only 5% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (18.8 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
-38.6%
210.7 → 129.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+5.7%
2510.2 → 2652.3/100K
Property offenses lead Grove City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OH
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,148
2652.3
1545.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
1,004
2319.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
87
201
-
-
Burglary
57
131.7
-
-
Arson
4
9.2
-
-
Violent Crime
56
129.4
292.8
352
Aggravated Assault
28
64.7
-
-
Rape
19
43.9
-
-
Robbery
9
20.8
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Grove City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Grove City property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Grove City Police Department
Reporting agency for Grove City NIBRS-participating
Grove City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Grove City's 1,204 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
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In 2024, Grove City reported 56 violent crimes and 1,148 property crimes, for a total of 1,204 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Grove City?
From 2023 to 2024, Grove City's violent crime rate decreased by 38.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 5.7%.
What is the most common crime in Grove City?
The most common crime type in Grove City is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.4% of all reported crimes (1,004 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Grove City 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 Grove City, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.