Photo: Jeffreyrstroup · CC BY-SA 4.0Property crime per resident is higher in Cuyahoga Falls than in 72% of U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 2.0 violent crimes and 17.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Ohio they are 3.7 and 19.6. Taking everything together, Cuyahoga Falls scores C+ (#222 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, 3 of the 4 towns next door with figures 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 Cuyahoga Falls
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Cuyahoga Falls’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Munroe Falls (A+), Bath Township (B−), Stow (B−), Akron (D). Silver Lake and Boston Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cuyahoga Falls’ 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.0) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cuyahoga Falls | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cuyahoga Falls’ police reported 307 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 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 Cuyahoga Falls 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 | Cuyahoga Falls property | Rest of Ohio property | Cuyahoga Falls violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.2 | 22.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 18.7 | 21.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 2.3 | 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.
926 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.
115 violent and 811 property, as reported to the FBI by Cuyahoga Falls’ police.
13 people died in crashes on Cuyahoga Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Cuyahoga Falls had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Cuyahoga Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga Falls | C+ | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| Akron | D | 8.2 | 29.2 |
| Silver Lake | — | — | — |
| Boston Township | — | — | — |
| Stow | B− | 1.1 | 16.1 |
| Munroe Falls | A+ | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Bath Township | B− | 0.6 | 14.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Silver Lake and Boston Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga Falls | C+ | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| Dublin | B+ | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| Lakewood | B− | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| Sylvania Township | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Newark | C | 2.9 | 18.3 |
| Miami Township | C | 1.8 | 22.9 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Cuyahoga Falls’ population (50,975), 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 Cuyahoga Falls. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cuyahoga Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (50,961 in 2025); our figure for Cuyahoga Falls is 50,975 (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 Cuyahoga Falls
Is Cuyahoga Falls, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cuyahoga Falls reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #222 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 2.0 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 Cuyahoga Falls?
2.0 violent and 17.7 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 Cuyahoga Falls in 2025?
Cuyahoga Falls’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Cuyahoga Falls safer than Akron?
Akron reports more crime per resident than Cuyahoga Falls: Akron grades D for safety and Cuyahoga Falls C+. Akron’s police reported 8.2 violent and 29.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cuyahoga Falls?
Cuyahoga Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cuyahoga Falls”. 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.