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Defiance Crime Rate Report (Ohio)

Defiance crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Defiance for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Defiance in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 34.39% and the city property crime rate in Defiance was lower than the national property crime rate average by 31.87%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Defiance was lower than the violent crime rate in Ohio by 22% and the city property crime rate in Defiance was lower than the property crime rate in Ohio by 26.81%.

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

Defiance Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault28
Arson0
Burglary13
Larceny and Theft163
Motor Vehicle Theft4
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)211
Property Crime180
Violent Crime37
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault33
Arson0
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft129
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape9
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)168
Property Crime137
Violent Crime44

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Defiance Property Crime

Defiance Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Defiance Crime 2025

Defiance Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Defiance Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Defiance Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Defiance, 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 Defiance crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 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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