Crime rates for Hilliard, OH

The crime rate in Hilliard is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 35 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Hilliard is 1 in 29. Based on FBI crime data, Hilliard is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Hilliard has a crime rate that is higher than 70% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Hilliard compare to similar sized city across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Hilliard with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Hilliard's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate – not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Hilliard does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Hilliard.

For Hilliard, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Hilliard than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1344, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Hilliard's rate for property crime is 34 per one thousand population. This makes Hilliard a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Hilliard is one in 29.