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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Dayton, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Dayton, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Dayton. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Dayton, OH safe?
Dayton, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 24 out of 100, grade D, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 7% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Its ZIP codes with at least 5 scored block groups range from 16 to 30, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 24 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 7%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 83%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 175
How Dayton compares
Dayton scores 29 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Nearly all of Dayton's estimated residents live in Montgomery County, which has a county Safety Score of 19, grade F. Dayton's city limits also take in land in 1 other county, with under 1% of its estimated residents.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Dayton.
Neighborhoods inside Dayton
175 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Dayton, 143 of them mostly inside it. Among those 143, the lowest scores 0, the highest 93, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 43.
Safest ZIP codes in Dayton, OH
Ranked by Safety Score among ZIP codes that score above the city's median ZIP score and have at least 5 scored block groups, so a single small area can't top the list.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Dayton, OH
Showing all 9 ZIP profiles
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Riverside Safety Score 50 · grade C · 3.6 miles
- Kettering Safety Score 63 · grade B · 5.3 miles
- Trotwood Safety Score 32 · grade D · 6.1 miles
- Beavercreek Safety Score 67 · grade B · 7.0 miles
- Huber Heights Safety Score 65 · grade B · 7.1 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Dayton
Dayton has an estimated 136,346 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 55.8 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 175 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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