Photo: Tim Evanson · CC BY-SA 2.0Cleveland Heights records more violent crime per head than 62% of U.S. towns
One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Year on year, 2.3 violent crimes and 11.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. All told, Cleveland Heights grades C+ for safety (#196 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
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 Cleveland Heights
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Ohio towns on Cleveland Heights’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: University Heights (B+), South Euclid (C+), East Cleveland (D−), Cleveland (D−). Shaker Heights reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cleveland Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (11.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cleveland Heights | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cleveland Heights’ police reported 302 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 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 Cleveland Heights 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 2 violent crimes, 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 | Cleveland Heights property | Rest of Ohio property | Cleveland Heights violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.4 | 22.7 | 2.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 11.6 | 21.1 | 1.9 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 13.0 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 10.7 | 17.9 | 2.4 | 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.
577 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.
107 violent and 470 property, as reported to the FBI by Cleveland Heights’ police.
15 people died in crashes on Cleveland Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Cleveland Heights had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 6.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).
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.
Cleveland Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| East Cleveland | D− | 15.8 | 29.2 |
| Cleveland | D− | 15.4 | 43.8 |
| Shaker Heights | — | — | — |
| South Euclid | C+ | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| University Heights | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| Fairfield | B− | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Huber Heights | C+ | 1.8 | 17.7 |
| Jackson Township | C | 1.9 | 19.2 |
| Grove City | C− | 1.8 | 25.3 |
| Reynoldsburg | D | 4.4 | 24.8 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Cleveland Heights’ population (43,750), 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 Cleveland Heights. 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 Cleveland Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (43,764 in 2025); our figure for Cleveland Heights is 43,750 (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 Cleveland Heights
Is Cleveland Heights, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cleveland Heights reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #196 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 2.3 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 Cleveland Heights?
2.3 violent and 11.8 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.
How many homicides were there in Cleveland Heights in 2025?
Cleveland Heights’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Cleveland Heights safer than East Cleveland?
East Cleveland reports more crime per resident than Cleveland Heights: East Cleveland grades D− for safety and Cleveland Heights C+. East Cleveland’s police reported 15.8 violent and 29.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cleveland Heights?
Cleveland Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cleveland Heights”. 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.