County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Fairfield County, OH
At 158,921 residents, Fairfield County is a large county in Ohio. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Fairfield County, OH reported 37 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Fairfield County, OH agencies reported 59 violent and 605 property offenses. That equals about 37 violent and 381 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
59 violent offenses
37/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Fairfield County, OH
Position in the state cohort
Fairfield County sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio counties
At 37.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Fairfield County ranks 43 of 66 — above 23 of the 65 other Ohio counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -17.2% against the cohort median of 44.8. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.9% of the 664 Part I offenses reported in Fairfield County for 2024, against a median of 15.0% across comparable Ohio counties — a gap of 6.1 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 83.8% of reported property offenses in Fairfield County, against a cohort median of 71.6%. The remainder is burglary (53) and motor vehicle theft (45). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 35.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 37.1 in 2024 (+5.4%). The highest observed value was 59.8 in 2023 and the lowest 35.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
605
Burglary
53
Larceny-Theft
507
Motor Vehicle Theft
45
Arson
1
Violent Crime
59
Murder
2
Rape
16
Robbery
5
Aggravated Assault
36
Reporting Agency
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Fairfield County's crime figures on this page originate from Fairfield County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in Ohio
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.