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The number and rate of rape cases in Springfield

Number of Rape Cases Reported

Rate of Rape Cases

Number of Rape Cases Reported

wdt_ID Year Springfield Ohio United States
2 2010 37 3,727 85,683
3 2011 32 3,682 84,127
4 2012 38 3,811 85,060
5 2013 46 4,388 113,465
6 2014 50 5,233 116,645
7 2015 31 5,449 126,051
8 2016 34 5,759 132,136
9 2017 25 5,832 135,586
10 2018 21 5,295 139,373
11 2019 14
12 2020 52
13 2021 47
14 2022 58

Rate of Rape Cases

wdt_ID Year Springfield Ohio United States
2 2010 61.0 32.3 27.7
3 2011 52.8 31.9 27.0
4 2012 63.0 33.0 27.1
5 2013 76.7 37.9 35.9
6 2014 84.9 43.5 36.6
7 2015 51.8 46.9 39.3
8 2016 57.1 48.1 40.9
9 2017 42.5 50.0 41.7
10 2018 35.6 45.3 42.6
11 2019 23.7 50.0 43.6
12 2020 88.2 43.2 38.4
13 2021 79.7 48.0 42.4
14 2022 98.9 48.4 40.0

These data measure the total number and rate of rape cases reported to the Springfield city police office, compared to the Clark County sheriff’s office, Ohio and the United States.

  • Sexual Assaults in Springfield has decreased from 61.9 to 42.5 per 100,000 residents. In number, there were 12 fewer rapes committed in 2017 than in 2010.
  • Rape rates have increased in Ohio and the United States.

All data comes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This information comes from the Crime Data Explorer.

Rates are typically calculated by number of total incidents per 100,000 people. Because the city of Springfield has a population of less than 100,000, these rates are actually higher than the real number of incidents.

Numbers were collected from the Crime Data Explorer for Springfield and Clark County, while population estimates for the state of Ohio and the United States were used to calculate rates came from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates for County Population by Characteristics.

This post was last updated on 4 November 2019.

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