FBI arson data · 2024
Ohio Arson
1,028 arson offenses were reported by 956 Ohio law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 2.9% of the national total. The most was reported by Cleveland Police Department (190).
Ohio agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Police Department | City | Cuyahoga County | 190 |
| Toledo Police Department | City | Lucas County | 133 |
| Springfield Police Department | City | Clark County | 62 |
| Dayton Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 46 |
| Akron Police Department | City | Summit County | 41 |
| Youngstown Police Department | City | Mahoning County | 17 |
| Columbus Police Department | City | Franklin County | 17 |
| Hamilton Police Department | City | Butler County | 13 |
| Newark Police Department | City | Licking County | 13 |
| Ross County Sheriff's Office | County | Ross County | 12 |
| Mansfield Police Department | City | Richland County | 11 |
| Lima Police Department | City | Allen County | 10 |
| Montgomery County Sheriff's Office | County | Montgomery County | 10 |
| Trotwood Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 10 |
| Lancaster Police Department | City | Fairfield County | 9 |
| Lorain Police Department | City | Lorain County | 9 |
| Stark County Sheriff's Office | County | Stark County | 9 |
| Franklin County Sheriff's Office | County | Franklin County | 8 |
| East Cleveland Police Department | City | Cuyahoga County | 7 |
| Greene County Sheriff's Office | County | Greene County | 7 |
| Hamilton County Sheriff's Office | County | Hamilton County | 7 |
| Elyria Police Department | City | Lorain County | 7 |
| Zanesville Police Department | City | Muskingum County | 7 |
| Barberton Police Department | City | Summit County | 7 |
| Colerain Township Police Department | City | Hamilton County | 6 |
Ohio arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Ohio arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Ohio in 2024?+
1,028 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 956 Ohio law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 218 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Ohio?+
Cleveland Police Department, with 190 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Cuyahoga County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Ohio?+
Ohio's 1,028 reported arsons were 2.9% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.