Crime & Safety in Toledo
Toledo's crime profile is disclosed here honestly and unfavorably: Toledo's overall crime rate runs approximately 20% above the national average (overall grade C), though a real, meaningful neighborhood-level nuance -- approximately 69% of Toledo's 26 named neighborhoods earn a safe A or B grade -- is disclosed alongside the citywide figure.
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Learn moreA Real, Above-Average Citywide Crime Rate
Toledo's overall crime rate runs approximately 20% above the national average (overall safety grade cited as C) -- a real, unfavorable figure this record states plainly rather than downplays. Residents face a real, disclosed 1-in-228 annual chance of violent-crime victimization and 1-in-38 for property crime.
Larceny/Theft and Property Crime Are the Largest Flagged Concerns
Larceny/theft runs approximately 36% above average and property crime overall runs 44% above average, with robbery running 11% above average -- the sourced analysis's largest specific concerns within Toledo's crime profile.
Toledo Runs Higher Than Most Comparable Major Cities on This Comparison
Per this citation, Toledo runs higher than 78% of other major U.S. cities on this crime comparison, and violent crime's daily average runs 3.54 times the Ohio statewide average and 2.90 times the national average -- a real, unfavorable comparative position disclosed plainly.
A Real, Meaningful Neighborhood-Level Nuance
Approximately 69% of Toledo's 26 named neighborhoods earn a safe A or B safety grade, with Franklin Park cited as one of the safer areas and Warren-Sherman cited as carrying higher crime -- a real reason to research a specific neighborhood directly rather than treat the citywide figure as uniform across the entire city.
A Modest Confidence Caveat
This record sources its crime figures from secondary aggregators rather than independently re-verifying against a primary Toledo Police Department or FBI Uniform Crime Report dataset this pass -- disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat, consistent with this project's sourcing discipline elsewhere.
Key takeaways
- Toledo's overall crime rate runs approximately 20% above the national average (overall grade C) -- a real, disclosed, unfavorable position stated plainly.
- Larceny/theft (36% above average) and property crime overall (44% above average) are the largest flagged concerns.
- Toledo runs higher than 78% of other major U.S. cities on this comparison, with violent crime's daily average 2.90 times the national average.
- Approximately 69% of Toledo's 26 named neighborhoods earn a safe A or B grade -- a real, meaningful reason to research a specific neighborhood directly.
- These figures come from secondary aggregators rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- disclosed as a modest confidence caveat.
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