Crime Score for ZIP 45745, Lower Salem, OH
Lower Salem · Monroe County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 54.49% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#4,951
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Ohio rank
#220
of 787 in state
Score index
69.0
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 45745 covers part of Lower Salem in Monroe County, Ohio. In July 2026 it scored in the 54.5th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #4,951, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Ohio it ranks #220 of 787. That is 17.5 points above the Ohio median of 37.0.
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.
Nearby ZIP codes
5 of 6 score lower than 45745. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 45745
- Is ZIP code 45745 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 45745 scores in the 54.5th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above 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 45745 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 45745 compare with the rest of Ohio?
- It ranks #220 of 787 scored ZIP codes in Ohio, against a state median of the 37.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,951 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.