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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Vermilion, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Vermilion, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Vermilion. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Vermilion, OH safe?
Vermilion, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 64 out of 100, grade B, above the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 70% 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
- 64 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 70%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 30%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 8
How Vermilion compares
Vermilion scores 11 points above the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Vermilion's estimated residents live in 2 counties:
- Lorain County 64% of residents · county Safety Score 49, grade C
- Erie County 36% of residents · county Safety Score 49, grade C
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Vermilion.
Neighborhoods inside Vermilion
8 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Vermilion, 5 of them mostly inside it. Among those 5, the lowest scores 30, the highest 88, and the middle 80% range from 31 to 80.
ZIP codes where Vermilion residents live
Nearly all of Vermilion's estimated residents live in ZIP 44089 (Safety Score 73, grade B). An estimated 41% of that ZIP's residents live outside Vermilion, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 44089 profile.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Amherst Safety Score 82 · grade A · 5.7 miles
- Lorain Safety Score 27 · grade D · 8.5 miles
- Elyria Safety Score 39 · grade D · 13 miles
- Avon Safety Score 79 · grade B · 16 miles
- North Ridgeville Safety Score 77 · grade B · 17 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Vermilion
Vermilion has an estimated 10,733 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 10.6 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 8 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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