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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Youngstown, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Youngstown, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Youngstown. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Youngstown, OH safe?
Youngstown, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 22 out of 100, grade D, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 5% 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 6 to 51, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 22 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 5%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 85%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 80
How Youngstown compares
Youngstown scores 31 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
An estimated 99% of Youngstown's residents live in Mahoning County, which has a county Safety Score of 19, grade F. Youngstown'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 Youngstown.
Neighborhoods inside Youngstown
80 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Youngstown, 76 of them mostly inside it. Among those 76, the lowest scores 0, the highest 80, and the middle 80% range from 4 to 42.
Safest ZIP codes in Youngstown, 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 Youngstown, OH
Showing all 10 ZIP profiles
| ZIP | Safety Score | Grade | Scored areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44502 | 16 /100 | Grade F | 22 |
| 44503 | 2 /100 | Grade F | 2 |
| 44504 | 21 /100 | Grade D | 9 |
| 44505 | 27 /100 | Grade D | 29 |
| 44506 | 6 /100 | Grade F | 5 |
| 44507 | 13 /100 | Grade F | 14 |
| 44509 | 24 /100 | Grade D | 17 |
| 44510 | 14 /100 | Grade F | 5 |
| 44511 | 51 /100 | Grade C | 25 |
| 44555 | 6 /100 | Grade F | 1 |
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Niles Safety Score 40 · grade C · 8.3 miles
- Warren Safety Score 23 · grade D · 13 miles
- Salem Safety Score 33 · grade D · 17 miles
- Alliance Safety Score 27 · grade D · 27 miles
- Ravenna Safety Score 26 · grade D · 31 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Youngstown
Youngstown has an estimated 59,123 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 33.9 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 80 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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