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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Chillicothe, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Chillicothe, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Chillicothe. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Chillicothe, OH safe?
Chillicothe, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 29 out of 100, grade D, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 8% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 29 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 8%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 74%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 27
How Chillicothe compares
Chillicothe scores 24 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Chillicothe lies in Ross County, which has a county Safety Score of 35, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Chillicothe.
Neighborhoods inside Chillicothe
27 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Chillicothe, 20 of them mostly inside it. Among those 20, the lowest scores 0, the highest 93, and the middle 80% range from 7 to 61.
ZIP codes where Chillicothe residents live
Nearly all of Chillicothe's estimated residents live in ZIP 45601 (Safety Score 49, grade C). An estimated 67% of that ZIP's residents live outside Chillicothe, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 45601 profile.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Circleville Safety Score 36 · grade D · 19 miles
- Washington Court House Safety Score 46 · grade C · 27 miles
- Lancaster Safety Score 34 · grade D · 34 miles
- Canal Winchester Safety Score 82 · grade A · 36 miles
- Grove City Safety Score 73 · grade B · 37 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Chillicothe
Chillicothe has an estimated 21,769 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 10.5 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 27 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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