2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Defiance, OH vs Columbus, OH

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- Columbus has 48% more violent crime than Defiance.
- Columbus has 30% more property crime than Defiance.
 Defiance, OHColumbus, OHUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock2922.7
 Property Crime39.7  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Defiance    1 Reviews

Living in NW Ohio is living in typical rural America. I guess it depends on what you are looking for in a lifestyle. Housing costs are relatively low, electricity is  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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 Defiance, OH27.35

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