The crime rate in Lancaster is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 25 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Lancaster is 1 in 40. Based on FBI crime data, Lancaster is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Lancaster has a crime rate that is higher than 91% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. Importantly, when you compare Lancaster to other communities of similar population, then Lancaster crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Lancaster does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when 蘑菇视频 compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how Lancaster does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lancaster. From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Lancaster occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Lancaster; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 231. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants. Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, 蘑菇视频's analysis shows that Lancaster experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest. 蘑菇视频's analysis also reveals that Lancaster's rate for property crime is 21 per one thousand population. This makes Lancaster a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Lancaster is one in 48.