Pomeroy, OH carries a PlainCrime A+ safety grade with violent crime 81% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pomeroy, OH shows violent crime at 66.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 66.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 81% 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
66.1/100K violent
66.1/100K property
-81% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pomeroy, OH
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 50.0% of the 2 Part I offenses reported in Pomeroy for 2024, against a median of 10.6% across comparable Ohio cities — a gap of 39.4 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Pomeroy reported 1 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,513. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Pomeroy's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pomeroy's 66.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Brunswick (65.8), Carrollton (64.6), Brookville (67.9), Willowick (63.9). 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
Pomeroy sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 66.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pomeroy ranks 244 of 340 — above 96 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -42.6% against the cohort median of 115.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 100.0% of reported property offenses in Pomeroy, against a cohort median of 83.9%. The remainder is burglary (0) and motor vehicle theft (0). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Pomeroy's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,513. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Pomeroy's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.3 Census sq mi, Pomeroy logged 0.3 property and 0.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Pomeroy's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (50% of 2 offenses; mix index 5,000).
Violent offenses are 50% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a small municipal.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-85.5%
455.1 → 66.1/100K
Pomeroy's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
1
66.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
1
66.1
-
Burglary
0
0
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
1
66.1
352
Aggravated Assault
1
66.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Pomeroy Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pomeroy violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
66.1/100K
Pomeroy property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
66.1/100K↓85.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,748
0
629.3
11
2021
Comparable
1,730
0
57.8
1
2022
Comparable
1,546
129.4
388.1
8
2023
Comparable
1,538
0
455.1
7
2024
Comparable
1,513
66.1
66.1
2
Pomeroy Police Department
Reporting agency for Pomeroy NIBRS-participating
Pomeroy Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Pomeroy's 2 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 Pomeroy in population. Their populations run from 1,284 to 1,735, against 1,513 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Pomeroy reported 1 violent crimes and 1 property crimes, for a total of 2 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pomeroy?
From 2023 to 2024, Pomeroy's violent crime rate data is unavailable, and the property crime rate decreased by 85.5%.
What is the most common crime in Pomeroy?
The most common crime type in Pomeroy is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.0% of all reported crimes (1 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Pomeroy's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Pomeroy, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.