Photo: Nick22aku · Public domainBeachwood records less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.6 violent crime and 20.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. Overall, Beachwood grades C+ for safety (#209 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Beachwood
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Ohio towns on Beachwood’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Pepper Pike (A), University Heights (B+), Lyndhurst (B), Orange (B−). Shaker Heights reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Beachwood has 18,510 jobs based in town for 13,673 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Beachwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Beachwood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Beachwood | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Beachwood’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Beachwood per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Beachwood property | Rest of Ohio property | Beachwood violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.5 | 22.6 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 19.0 | 17.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
269 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 262 property, as reported to the FBI by Beachwood’s police.
One person died in crashes on Beachwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Beachwood had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than is typical for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Beachwood’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Beachwood’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Beachwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood | C+ | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Shaker Heights | — | — | — |
| Pepper Pike | A | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| University Heights | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Orange | B− | 1.2 | 13.0 |
| Lyndhurst | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shaker Heights reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood | C+ | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Montville Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Harrison | B+ | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| Perrysburg Township | B+ | 0.4 | 11.2 |
| Blue Ash | C+ | 1.5 | 19.1 |
| Maumee | C | 1.8 | 24.2 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Beachwood’s population (13,673), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Beachwood. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Beachwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,766 in 2025); our figure for Beachwood is 13,673 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Beachwood
Is Beachwood, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Beachwood reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #209 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Beachwood?
0.6 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Beachwood safer than Pepper Pike?
Pepper Pike reports less crime per resident than Beachwood: Pepper Pike grades A for safety and Beachwood C+. Pepper Pike’s police reported 0.1 violent and 4.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Beachwood?
Beachwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Beachwood”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.