Pickerington, OH carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 62% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pickerington, OH shows violent crime at 134.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,097.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 62% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
134.8/100K violent
1097.9/100K property
-62% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pickerington, OH
Comparable rate records
Pickerington's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pickerington's 134.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Georgetown (134.6), Crestline (135.2), Ravenna (134.1), Delhi Township (134.1). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 97.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 134.8 in 2024 (+38.7%). The highest observed value was 134.8 in 2024 and the lowest 55.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Pickerington sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 134.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pickerington ranks 143 of 340 — above 197 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +19.2% 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 Pickerington'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.
Pickerington's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.2 Census sq mi, Pickerington logged 28 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Pickerington's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 320 offenses; mix index 5,686).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.2 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
+142.4%
55.6 → 134.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-4.3%
1147.6 → 1097.9/100K
Property offenses lead Pickerington's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
285
1097.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
238
916.8
-
Burglary
28
107.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
73.2
-
Arson
1
3.9
-
Violent Crime
35
134.8
352
Aggravated Assault
16
61.6
-
Rape
10
38.5
-
Robbery
9
34.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Pickerington Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pickerington 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
Pickerington Police Department
Reporting agency for Pickerington NIBRS-participating
Pickerington Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Pickerington's 320 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, Pickerington reported 35 violent crimes and 285 property crimes, for a total of 320 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pickerington?
From 2023 to 2024, Pickerington's violent crime rate increased by 142.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 4.3%.
What is the most common crime in Pickerington?
The most common crime type in Pickerington is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.4% of all reported crimes (238 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Pickerington 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 Pickerington, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.