Photo: Greg · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, East Cleveland records more crime than almost every U.S. town
The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. It has more violent crime than 100% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 90%. A Safety Grade of D− follows from crimes East Cleveland’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #292 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Year on year, 15.8 violent crimes and 29.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio.
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 East Cleveland
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Ohio towns on East Cleveland’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Cleveland Heights (C+), Cleveland (D−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Cleveland’s 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Cleveland | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Cleveland’s police reported 630 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 15.8 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 East Cleveland 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 17 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 | East Cleveland property | Rest of Ohio property | East Cleveland violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 10.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 28.2 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 30.0 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 29.3 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 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.
618 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.
228 violent and 390 property, as reported to the FBI by East Cleveland’s police.
13 people died in crashes on East Cleveland’s roads in 2019–2023
East Cleveland had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 19.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.9, 458 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.
East Cleveland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cleveland | D− | 15.8 | 29.2 |
| Cleveland | D− | 15.4 | 43.8 |
| Cleveland Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 11.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cleveland | D− | 15.8 | 29.2 |
| Loveland | A− | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| University Heights | B+ | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Amherst | B | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Clayton | B | 1.1 | 10.8 |
| Englewood | C− | 1.6 | 26.8 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to East Cleveland’s population (13,229), 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 East Cleveland. 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 East Cleveland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,311 in 2025); our figure for East Cleveland is 13,229 (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 East Cleveland
Is East Cleveland, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Cleveland reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #292 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 15.8 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 East Cleveland?
15.8 violent and 29.2 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 East Cleveland safer than Cleveland?
Cleveland reports more crime per resident than East Cleveland: Cleveland grades D− for safety and East Cleveland D−. Cleveland’s police reported 15.4 violent and 43.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Cleveland?
East Cleveland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Cleveland”. 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.