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Safety in Columbus

Columbus ranks #65 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 52 — Fun. That puts it in the 52nd percentile nationally and #1 of 4 in Ohio.

safety score
52
Fun
National rank
#65 of 134
In Ohio
#1 of 4
Percentile
52nd

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Columbus sits 2 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Columbus

  1. T#63 Los Angeles, CA 53
  2. T#63 New York, NY 53
  3. #65 Columbus, OH — this page 52
  4. #66 Reno, NV 51
  5. T#67 Hilton Head Island, SC 50

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Columbus

Columbus scores 60 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: