Mentor, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mentor, OH Summary

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

  • There were 689 total crimes committed in Mentor in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,473.3 total crimes per 100K people in Mentor.
  • The overall crime rate in Mentor is -30.48% below the national average.
  • Mentor ranks #247 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Mentor ranks #5,959 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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Mentor Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mentor is 1,473.3 per 100,000 people. That's -30.48% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -20.14% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mentor
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 689 1,473.3 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.0 5.0
Robbery 1 2.1 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 43 91.9 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 54 115.5 293.7 359.0
Burglary 21 44.9 206.0 229.0
Larceny 593 1,268.0 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 44.9 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 635 1,357.9 1,551.2 1,760.0

Mentor 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 Mentor

54
Violent Crimes
115.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 54 violent crimes in Mentor in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mentor is 115.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 866.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mentor each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.84% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.68% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mentor

635
Property Crimes
1,357.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-22.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 635 property crimes in Mentor in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mentor is 1,357.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mentor each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -22.85% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -12.47% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mentor

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cleveland Heights, OH 43,853 680 1,550.6 1,299.8 250.8
Shaker Heights, OH 28,615 183 639.5 583.6 55.9
Willoughby, OH 24,261 252 1,038.7 931.5 107.2
South Euclid, OH 21,255 432 2,032.5 1,825.5 207.0
Painesville, OH 20,713 159 767.6 584.2 183.5
Mayfield Heights, OH 19,792 63 318.3 298.1 20.2
Eastlake, OH 17,269 332 1,922.5 1,667.7 254.8
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
University Heights, OH 13,098 158 1,206.3 1,076.5 129.8

Mentor SnackAbility

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