Crime Score for ZIP 45251, Dry Ridge, OH
Dry Ridge · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 62.84% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#6,836
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Ohio rank
#321
of 787 in state
Score index
50.2
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 45251 covers part of Dry Ridge in Ohio. In July 2026 it scored in the 37.2th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #6,836, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Ohio it ranks #321 of 787. It sits right at the Ohio median of 37.0. It rose 13.09 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 24.07 to 37.16.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 37.16 | #6,836 | #321 |
| June 2026 | 24.07 | #9,202 | #518 |
Nearby ZIP codes
2 of 6 score lower than 45251. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 45251
- Is ZIP code 45251 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 45251 scores in the 37.2th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 45251 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 45251 compare with the rest of Ohio?
- It ranks #321 of 787 scored ZIP codes in Ohio, against a state median of the 37.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,836 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.