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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Lima, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Lima, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Lima. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Lima, OH safe?
Lima, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 28 out of 100, grade D, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 10% 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
- 28 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 10%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 79%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 48
How Lima compares
Lima scores 25 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Lima lies in Allen County, which has a county Safety Score of 37, grade D.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Lima.
Neighborhoods inside Lima
48 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Lima, 35 of them mostly inside it. Among those 35, the lowest scores 0, the highest 76, and the middle 80% range from 4 to 48.
ZIP codes where Lima residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Lima's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Van Wert Safety Score 31 · grade D · 26 miles
- Celina Safety Score 34 · grade D · 27 miles
- Sidney Safety Score 40 · grade C · 31 miles
- Findlay Safety Score 42 · grade C · 33 miles
- Bellefontaine Safety Score 32 · grade D · 33 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Lima
Lima has an estimated 34,690 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 13.6 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 48 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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