Gahanna, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gahanna, OH Summary

Crime in Gahanna research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Gahanna 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 Gahanna:

  • There were 725 total crimes committed in Gahanna in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,072.7 total crimes per 100K people in Gahanna.
  • The overall crime rate in Gahanna is -2.20% below the national average.
  • Gahanna ranks #305 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Gahanna ranks #7,364 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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Gahanna Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gahanna is 2,072.7 per 100,000 people. That's -2.20% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 12.35% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gahanna
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 725 2,072.7 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.9 5.0 5.0
Robbery 10 28.6 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 60 171.5 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 81 231.6 293.7 359.0
Burglary 48 137.2 206.0 229.0
Larceny 499 1,426.6 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 97 277.3 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 644 1,841.1 1,551.2 1,760.0

Gahanna 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 Gahanna

81
Violent Crimes
231.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-35.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 81 violent crimes in Gahanna in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gahanna is 231.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 431.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gahanna each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -35.50% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -21.15% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gahanna

644
Property Crimes
1,841.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
4.61%
Above The National Average
  • There were 644 property crimes in Gahanna in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gahanna is 1,841.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gahanna each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 4.61% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 18.69% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gahanna

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Columbus, OH 915,447 28,271 3,088.2 2,653.3 434.9
Dublin, OH 48,784 500 1,024.9 916.3 108.6
Reynoldsburg, OH 41,277 1,188 2,878.1 2,398.4 479.7
Westerville, OH 37,540 731 1,947.3 1,726.2 221.1
Hilliard, OH 37,305 392 1,050.8 930.2 120.6
Upper Arlington, OH 35,410 293 827.4 799.2 28.2
Whitehall, OH 19,603 1,374 7,009.1 5,958.3 1,050.9
Powell, OH 14,572 134 919.6 899.0 20.6
Worthington, OH 14,402 203 1,409.5 1,242.9 166.6
Bexley, OH 12,436 315 2,533.0 2,412.4 120.6

Gahanna SnackAbility

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