Cleveland Heights, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cleveland Heights, OH Summary

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

  • There were 680 total crimes committed in Cleveland Heights in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,550.6 total crimes per 100K people in Cleveland Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Cleveland Heights is -26.83% below the national average.
  • Cleveland Heights ranks #257 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Cleveland Heights ranks #6,169 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Cleveland Heights Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cleveland Heights is 1,550.6 per 100,000 people. That's -26.83% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -15.95% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cleveland Heights
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 680 1,550.6 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 3 6.8 5.0 5.0
Robbery 21 47.9 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 69 157.3 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 110 250.8 293.7 359.0
Burglary 73 166.5 206.0 229.0
Larceny 331 754.8 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 166 378.5 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 570 1,299.8 1,551.2 1,760.0

Cleveland Heights Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Cleveland Heights

110
Violent Crimes
250.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-30.13%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 violent crimes in Cleveland Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cleveland Heights is 250.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 398.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cleveland Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -30.13% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.59% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cleveland Heights

570
Property Crimes
1,299.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 570 property crimes in Cleveland Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cleveland Heights is 1,299.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cleveland Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.15% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.21% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cleveland Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Strongsville, OH 45,600 618 1,355.3 1,282.9 72.4
Westlake, OH 34,189 232 678.6 649.3 29.2
North Olmsted, OH 31,532 335 1,062.4 999.0 63.4
Shaker Heights, OH 28,615 183 639.5 583.6 55.9
Solon, OH 23,736 203 855.2 800.5 54.8
Hudson, OH 22,932 117 510.2 475.3 34.9
South Euclid, OH 21,255 432 2,032.5 1,825.5 207.0
Broadview Heights, OH 19,709 21 106.6 101.5 5.1
Beachwood, OH 13,758 313 2,275.0 2,231.4 43.6
Lyndhurst, OH 13,634 162 1,188.2 1,063.5 124.7

Cleveland Heights SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
7
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
8
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