Eaton, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Eaton, OH Summary

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

  • There were 118 total crimes committed in Eaton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,426.7 total crimes per 100K people in Eaton.
  • The overall crime rate in Eaton is -32.68% below the national average.
  • Eaton ranks #242 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Eaton ranks #5,825 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Eaton Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Eaton is 1,426.7 per 100,000 people. That's -32.68% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -22.67% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Eaton
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 118 1,426.7 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.0 5.0
Robbery 1 12.1 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 48.4 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 10 120.9 293.7 359.0
Burglary 8 96.7 206.0 229.0
Larceny 91 1,100.2 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 108.8 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 108 1,305.8 1,551.2 1,760.0

Eaton Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Eaton

10
Violent Crimes
120.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-66.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Eaton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Eaton is 120.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 827.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Eaton each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -66.32% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.83% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Eaton

108
Property Crimes
1,305.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-25.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 108 property crimes in Eaton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Eaton is 1,305.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Eaton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -25.81% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.82% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Eaton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Trotwood, OH 22,895 805 3,516.1 2,817.2 698.8
Clayton, OH 13,195 164 1,242.9 1,152.0 90.9
Englewood, OH 13,175 369 2,800.8 2,671.7 129.0
Brookville, OH 5,894 56 950.1 882.3 67.9
Germantown, OH 5,810 51 877.8 774.5 103.3

Eaton SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
8.5
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