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Canton Crime Rate Report (Ohio)

Canton crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Canton for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Canton in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 232.86% and the city property crime rate in Canton was higher than the national property crime rate average by 120.44%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Canton was higher than the violent crime rate in Ohio by 295.71% and the city property crime rate in Canton was higher than the property crime rate in Ohio by 136.8%.

Property and Violent Crime
Canton Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Canton Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Canton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault539
Arson8
Burglary542
Larceny and Theft1,545
Motor Vehicle Theft243
Murder and Manslaughter12
Rape123
Robbery77
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,484
Property Crime2,330
Violent Crime751
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault620
Arson8
Burglary431
Larceny and Theft1,773
Motor Vehicle Theft296
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape128
Robbery52
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,654
Property Crime2,500
Violent Crime808

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Canton Property Crime

Canton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Canton Crime 2025

Canton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Canton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Canton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Canton, Ohio crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Canton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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