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Chesapeake, Lawrence County
Paper Trail has 928 parcels in Chesapeake from the Lawrence County Auditor: owners, values, sales and taxes, as of October 22, 2026.
Property at a glance
Source: Lawrence County Auditor owner mailing addresses, 297 homes with a mailing address, October 22, 2026. A bill mailed to the home is the closest public sign that the owner lives there; it is not proof.
Mailing lists for Chesapeake
Owners in Chesapeake to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.
No phone numbers or email addresses. Not for screening anyone for housing, a job, credit or insurance.
Home sales by month
8 home sales in Chesapeake from October 2025 to September 2026, at a median price of $180,250.
| Month | Sales |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
Source: Lawrence County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales (not family transfers or estates), counted once per deed, by the month of the sale. Data as of October 22, 2026.
Property tax rates
Most homes in Chesapeake (296 of 297) are in taxing district 240, Union Twp-Chesapeake V/C EVSD. Its effective rate on homes is 33.68 mills, and the state estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,042.
| District | Name | Homes | Voted mills | Effective mills on homes | On a $100,000 home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | Union Twp-Chesapeake V/C EVSD | 296 | 38.40 | 33.68 | $1,042 |
A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value, and Ohio assesses a home at 35% of its appraised value. The effective rate is the voted rate after the state's reduction factors. The $100,000 figure is the state's own estimate for an owner-occupied home, after the owner-occupied credits.
Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, 2025 aggregate property tax rates by taxing district (tax year 2025, paid in 2026), published March 25, 2026. District for each parcel: Lawrence County Auditor, October 22, 2026.
Crime reported to the FBI
Reported to the FBI by the Chesapeake Police Department, 2024: 2 violent crimes and 4 property crimes, for about 719 people. That is 2.78 violent and 5.56 property crimes per 1,000 people.
2025 is a partial year: the Chesapeake Police Department reported 11 of 12 months, with 0 violent and 3 property crimes. No rate is given for a partial year.
| Year | Violent | Property | Months | Per 1,000 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (partial) | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2.78 / 5.56 |
| 2023 (partial) | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| 2022 (partial) | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2021 (partial) | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 / 0 |
Most common offenses in the Chesapeake Police Department's 2025 incident reports: drug offenses 11, thefts 3, assault offenses 1.
Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.
Official offices
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Questions
How many parcels are in Chesapeake?
928 parcels sit inside the Chesapeake boundary on the Lawrence County Auditor's map, 297 of them homes, as of October 22, 2026.
What is the median home sale price in Chesapeake?
$180,250, from 8 home sales the Lawrence County Auditor marks as real sales, October 2025 to September 2026.
What is the property tax rate in Chesapeake?
Most homes in Chesapeake are in taxing district 240, Union Twp-Chesapeake V/C EVSD, with an effective rate on homes of 33.68 mills. The Ohio Department of Taxation estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,042.
Who reports crime figures for Chesapeake to the FBI?
The Chesapeake Police Department. The page shows each year it reported from 2020 to 2025, with the months reported.