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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Marion, OH

Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Marion, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.

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City Safety Score 37/100 Grade D Modeled estimate · 0 to 100, higher is safer
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Is Marion, OH safe?

Marion, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 37 out of 100, grade D, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 11% 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
37 / 100
Residents in A or B neighborhoods
11%
Residents in D or F neighborhoods
48%
Scored neighborhoods
41

How Marion compares

Marion scores 16 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.

Marion lies in Marion County, which has a county Safety Score of 22, grade D.

County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Marion.

Neighborhoods inside Marion

41 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Marion, 32 of them mostly inside it. Among those 32, the lowest scores 1, the highest 91, and the middle 80% range from 5 to 58.

Safety Score, 0–100 · shaded band: 10th–90th percentiles · whiskers: lowest and highest

Marion

A 4% · B 7% · C 41% · D 27% · F 21%

Ohio

A 25% · B 20% · C 20% · D 19% · F 16%

Estimated share of residents living in neighborhoods of each grade, in Marion and across Ohio.

ZIP codes where Marion residents live

Nearly all of Marion's estimated residents live in ZIP 43302 (Safety Score 48, grade C). An estimated 39% of that ZIP's residents live outside Marion, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 43302 profile.

Closest cities in Ohio

  1. Bucyrus Safety Score 31 · grade D · 17 miles
  2. Galion Safety Score 44 · grade C · 20 miles
  3. Delaware Safety Score 48 · grade C · 21 miles
  4. Marysville Safety Score 36 · grade D · 28 miles
  5. Powell Safety Score 67 · grade B · 30 miles

Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.

About Marion

Marion has an estimated 35,576 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 13 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 41 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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Scores as of

Safety Scores compare areas on a 0–100 scale; higher is safer. Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates or reported incident counts.

City scores combine the scored neighborhoods that lie at least partly within city limits, weighted by their estimated residents inside the limits. They are not an average of the ZIP scores listed for a city.

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