Lakewood, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lakewood, OH Summary

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

  • There were 632 total crimes committed in Lakewood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,282.7 total crimes per 100K people in Lakewood.
  • The overall crime rate in Lakewood is -39.47% below the national average.
  • Lakewood ranks #225 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Lakewood ranks #5,416 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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Lakewood Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lakewood is 1,282.7 per 100,000 people. That's -39.47% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.48% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lakewood
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 632 1,282.7 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.0 5.0
Robbery 8 16.2 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 55 111.6 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 70 142.1 293.7 359.0
Burglary 54 109.6 206.0 229.0
Larceny 441 895.0 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 67 136.0 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 562 1,140.6 1,551.2 1,760.0

Lakewood 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 Lakewood

70
Violent Crimes
142.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-60.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 70 violent crimes in Lakewood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lakewood is 142.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 703.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lakewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -60.43% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.62% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lakewood

562
Property Crimes
1,140.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-35.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 562 property crimes in Lakewood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lakewood is 1,140.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 87.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lakewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -35.19% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -26.47% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lakewood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cleveland, OH 362,762 21,720 5,987.4 4,426.3 1,561.1
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
Rocky River, OH 21,256 94 442.2 418.7 23.5
Parma Heights, OH 20,484 74 361.3 332.0 29.3
Broadview Heights, OH 19,709 21 106.6 101.5 5.1
Brook Park, OH 18,054 114 631.4 576.0 55.4

Lakewood SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
8
Amenities
10
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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