Police Scanner

Ohio police scanner feeds

372 live feeds across 89 counties

A free Ohio police scanner: live police, fire, and EMS radio streaming from Ohio, with no radio hardware and no account. Counties with several feeds have their own page listing every channel; the rest are shown here with their feed count. All of it plays free in the Police Scanner app.

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Busiest feeds in Ohio

FeedCountyListeners
Columbus Police Dispatch - Citywide Franklin 68
Columbus Police Dispatch - Citywide Delaware 62
Columbus Police Dispatch - Citywide Fairfield 62
Darke County Public Safety Darke 51
Central and Eastern Greene County Public Safety Greene 27
Union County Public Safety Union 26
Van Wert County Public Safety Van Wert 23
Middletown Police and Fire Butler 16
Stark County Fire Stark 14
Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 3 Franklin 13
Ohio State Highway Patrol District 5 Darke 11
Ohio State Highway Patrol District 5 Miami 11

All areas in Ohio

CountyFeeds
Cuyahoga22
Franklin16
Summit16
Lucas15
Scioto14
Hamilton8
Butler7
Columbiana7
Darke7
Greene7
Lorain7
Medina7
Washington7
Delaware6
Erie6
Madison6
Mahoning6
Miami6
Ottawa6
Stark6
Wood6
Clermont5
Fairfield5
Henry5
Pickaway5
Portage5
Trumbull5
Union5
Van Wert5
Warren5
Champaign4
Clinton4
Hancock4
Jefferson4
Lake4
Licking4
Montgomery4
Paulding4
Preble4
Putnam4
Seneca4
Shelby4
Allen3
Ashland3
Ashtabula3
Clark3
Coshocton3
Fulton3
Geauga3
Hardin3
Huron3
Marion3
Muskingum3
Richland3
Wayne3
Athens2
Auglaize2
Belmont2
Brown2
Carroll2
Defiance2
Fayette2
Hocking2
Holmes2
Knox2
Logan2
Mercer2
Morgan2
Morrow2
Perry2
Ross2
Sandusky2
Williams2
Adams1
Crawford1
Gallia1
Guernsey1
Harrison1
Highland1
Jackson1
Lawrence1
Meigs1
Monroe1
Noble1
Pike1
Statewide1
Tuscarawas1
Vinton1
Wyandot1

How coverage is spread across Ohio

Ohio's 372 feeds are spread over 89 counties: 16 have a single feed, 43 have two to four, and 30 have five or more. The 5 largest listings — Cuyahoga (22), Franklin (16), Summit (16), Lucas (15) and Scioto (14) — carry 22% of everything streaming from the state.

Of the 30 counties with their own page, 27 carry a police or sheriff channel, 30 carry fire and 25 carry EMS; there are also railroad in 8, weather in 21 and amateur radio in 11.

Clermont, Erie and Scioto have fire or EMS feeds but no law-enforcement channel listed. That pattern usually means the local police or sheriff has encrypted its radio, so fire and medical dispatch is what remains open to listen to there.

Feeds are filed by county, not by town. If your town is not in the tables above, look for the county it sits in — city police and fire channels are listed under it. The guide to finding your local feed covers the rest.

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Before you listen

Scanner listening is legal across the United States, with narrow exceptions — the rules by state. If your local police channel is missing, it has most likely been encrypted; fire and EMS usually remain open in the same area.

Not an emergency service. Scanner audio can be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable. In an emergency, call 911.