Elyria, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Elyria, OH Summary

Crime in Elyria research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Elyria 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 Elyria:

  • There were 943 total crimes committed in Elyria in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,770.5 total crimes per 100K people in Elyria.
  • The overall crime rate in Elyria is -16.46% below the national average.
  • Elyria ranks #280 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Elyria ranks #6,743 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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Elyria Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Elyria is 1,770.5 per 100,000 people. That's -16.46% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -4.04% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Elyria
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 943 1,770.5 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 3.8 5.0 5.0
Robbery 15 28.2 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 113 212.2 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 155 291.0 293.7 359.0
Burglary 112 210.3 206.0 229.0
Larceny 633 1,188.4 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 43 80.7 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 788 1,479.5 1,551.2 1,760.0

Elyria 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 Elyria

155
Violent Crimes
291.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-18.94%
Below The National Average
  • There were 155 violent crimes in Elyria in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Elyria is 291.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 343.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Elyria each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -18.94% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.91% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Elyria

788
Property Crimes
1,479.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-15.94%
Below The National Average
  • There were 788 property crimes in Elyria in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Elyria is 1,479.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 67.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Elyria each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -15.94% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -4.63% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Elyria

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lorain, OH 65,374 1,394 2,132.3 1,551.1 581.3
Lakewood, OH 49,272 632 1,282.7 1,140.6 142.1
Strongsville, OH 45,600 618 1,355.3 1,282.9 72.4
North Ridgeville, OH 37,534 129 343.7 287.7 55.9
Westlake, OH 34,189 232 678.6 649.3 29.2
North Olmsted, OH 31,532 335 1,062.4 999.0 63.4
North Royalton, OH 30,683 109 355.2 325.9 29.3
Avon Lake, OH 26,167 81 309.6 290.4 19.1
Avon, OH 25,562 248 970.2 895.9 74.3
Rocky River, OH 21,256 94 442.2 418.7 23.5

Elyria SnackAbility

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