Avon Lake, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Avon Lake, OH Summary

Crime in Avon Lake research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Avon Lake over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Avon Lake:

  • There were 130 total crimes committed in Avon Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 503.0 total crimes per 100K people in Avon Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Avon Lake is -78.36% below the national average.
  • Avon Lake ranks #68 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Avon Lake ranks #1,823 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Avon Lake Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Avon Lake is 503.0 per 100,000 people. That's -78.36% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -76.70% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Avon Lake
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 130 503.0 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 3.9 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 16 61.9 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 18 69.6 308.8 369.8
Burglary 10 38.7 318.8 269.8
Larceny 94 363.7 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 8 31.0 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 112 433.3 1,850.3 1,954.4

Avon Lake Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Avon Lake

18
Violent Crimes
69.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-81.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Avon Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Avon Lake is 69.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,435.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Avon Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -81.17% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -77.44% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Avon Lake

112
Property Crimes
433.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-77.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 112 property crimes in Avon Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Avon Lake is 433.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 230.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Avon Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -77.83% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -76.58% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Avon Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lorain, OH 65,536 1,499 2,287.3 1,817.3 470.0
Lakewood, OH 49,490 732 1,479.1 1,353.8 125.3
Strongsville, OH 45,703 421 921.2 853.3 67.8
North Ridgeville, OH 36,968 160 432.8 392.2 40.6
Westlake, OH 33,734 155 459.5 418.0 41.5
North Olmsted, OH 31,641 474 1,498.1 1,409.6 88.5
North Royalton, OH 30,687 174 567.0 527.9 39.1
Rocky River, OH 21,309 168 788.4 708.6 79.8
Fairview Park, OH 16,821 105 624.2 552.9 71.3
Seven Hills, OH 11,516 88 764.2 668.6 95.5

Avon Lake SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
9.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
6
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