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Middletown, OH crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Sep 2026

Far lower than past years, possibly missing reports

These months run 34% below the same months in past years. A drop that size is usually reports not sent yet or a new records system counting differently, so Crime Radar won't call it a real drop until more months come in.

217 violent and property crimes reported, Jul–Sep 2026
Usual for these months
330
Per 1,000 residents, past year
16.6
Ohio overall: 16.2
Residents served
52,613
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Nov 2023, Nov 2025 – Dec 2025. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Is Middletown safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Middletown has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 16.6 per 1,000 residents against 16.2 across Ohio. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Middletown Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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