Marion, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Marion, OH Summary

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

  • There were 625 total crimes committed in Marion in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,766.9 total crimes per 100K people in Marion.
  • The overall crime rate in Marion is -16.63% below the national average.
  • Marion ranks #278 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Marion ranks #6,735 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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Marion Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Marion is 1,766.9 per 100,000 people. That's -16.63% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -4.23% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Marion
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 625 1,766.9 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.0 5.0
Robbery 9 25.4 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 113 319.5 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 158 446.7 293.7 359.0
Burglary 85 240.3 206.0 229.0
Larceny 348 983.8 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 34 96.1 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 467 1,320.2 1,551.2 1,760.0

Marion 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 Marion

158
Violent Crimes
446.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
24.42%
Above The National Average
  • There were 158 violent crimes in Marion in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Marion is 446.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 223.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Marion each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 24.42% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 52.10% higher than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Marion

467
Property Crimes
1,320.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-24.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 467 property crimes in Marion in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Marion is 1,320.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Marion each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -24.99% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.89% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Marion

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Dublin, OH 48,784 500 1,024.9 916.3 108.6
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
Gahanna, OH 34,979 725 2,072.7 1,841.1 231.6
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
New Albany, OH 11,423 144 1,260.6 1,164.3 96.3
Grandview Heights, OH 9,050 194 2,143.6 2,132.6 11.0

Marion SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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