Is ZIP code 45888 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 45888 scores in the 80.3th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 45888 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 45888 compare with the rest of Ohio?

It ranks #113 of 886 scored ZIP codes in Ohio, against a state median of the 41.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,183 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 45888, Uniopolis, OH

Uniopolis · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

High Crime

Higher crime than 80.32% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#2,183

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Ohio rank

#113

of 886 in state

Score index

108.3

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 45888 covers part of Uniopolis in Ohio. In September 2026 it scored in the 80.3th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a High Crime rating, in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #2,183, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Ohio it ranks #113 of 886. That is 39.4 points above the Ohio median of 41.0.

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.

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Nearby ZIP codes

3 of 6 score lower than 45888. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

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Questions about 45888

Is ZIP code 45888 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 45888 scores in the 80.3th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a High Crime rating: in the top quarter of scored ZIP codes for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 45888 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 45888 compare with the rest of Ohio?: It ranks #113 of 886 scored ZIP codes in Ohio, against a state median of the 41.0th percentile. Nationally it ranks #2,183 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.