Dover, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Dover, OH Summary

Crime in Dover research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Dover over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Dover:

  • There were 74 total crimes committed in Dover the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 572.0 total crimes per 100K people in Dover.
  • The overall crime rate in Dover is -75.39% below the national average.
  • Dover ranks #78 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Dover ranks #2,097 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Dover Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Dover is 572.0 per 100,000 people. That's -75.39% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -73.51% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Dover
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 74 572.0 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 7.7 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 8 61.8 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 17 131.4 308.8 369.8
Burglary 11 85.0 318.8 269.8
Larceny 40 309.2 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 46.4 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 57 440.6 1,850.3 1,954.4

Dover Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Dover

17
Violent Crimes
131.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Dover in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Dover is 131.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 760.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Dover each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.46% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -57.44% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Dover

57
Property Crimes
440.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-77.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 57 property crimes in Dover in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Dover is 440.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 226.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Dover each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -77.45% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -76.19% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Dover

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Stow, OH 34,244 517 1,509.8 1,404.6 105.1
Kent, OH 27,723 366 1,320.2 1,179.5 140.7
Hudson, OH 22,902 102 445.4 419.2 26.2
Streetsboro, OH 17,908 284 1,585.9 1,457.4 128.4
New Philadelphia, OH 17,508 23 131.4 108.5 22.8
New Franklin, OH 13,744 85 618.5 560.2 58.2
Fairlawn, OH 7,665 318 4,148.7 4,122.6 26.1
Munroe Falls, OH 5,007 23 459.4 319.6 139.8
Strasburg, OH 2,696 8 296.7 259.6 37.1

Dover SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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