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Fairfield County, OH Arrest Records

Fairfield County, OH is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.26 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has higher total crime rate than Lake, Montgomery, Hamilton, Lucas, Stark counties in Ohio.
Fairfield County, OH property crime rate is 6.20 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 791 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 22.30% compared to 2015.

Fairfield County, OH Crime Rate

Total arrests in Fairfield County in 2016 decreased by 30.12% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 54 to 40 while non-violent crime decreased by 30.29% from 1,357 to 946.

5 Crimes In Fairfield County, OH in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 791
Burglary 143
Aggravated assault 25
Revised rape 14
Motor vehicle theft 12

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Fairfield County decreased by 25.93% from 2015 and increased by 53.85% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 26 to 40. In 2016 violent crime rate in Fairfield County was 94.41% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.026%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Fairfield County decreased by 30.29% from 2015 and decreased by 16.87% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 1,138 to 946. In 2016 property crime rate in Fairfield County was 78.19% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.62%.

How Fairfield stands up against other counties

Fairfield vs. Portage

You’ll be in more safety in Fairfield compared to Portage county that had 10.59% higher crime rate compared to Fairfield county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.1638 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.1297 in Portage county.
Larceny rates of 5.1836 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and higher than average 4.8048 in Portage county.

Fairfield vs. Greene

You’ll be in more risk in Fairfield compared to Greene county that had 62.52% lower crime rate compared to Fairfield county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.0917 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0425 in Greene county.
Burglary rates of 0.9371 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.6130 in Greene county.

Names with the most arrests in Fairfield

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Fairfield, Ohio, the most crimes, that's 36.33% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 31-40.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Fairfield County is 0.8% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.77 daily crimes that occur in Fairfield County.
  • Fairfield, OH is safer than Portage.
  • In Fairfield County you have a 1 in 155 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Fairfield, OH have decreased by 30.12%.

Fairfield Police Departments

Cities in Fairfield County

Names in Fairfield County