Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairlawn reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Fairlawn’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #264 of 296 graded towns in 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 Fairlawn
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Ohio towns on Fairlawn’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Bath Township (B−), Akron (D). Montrose-Ghent is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Copley Township reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Fairlawn has 11,892 jobs based in town for 7,815 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fairlawn’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Fairlawn’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
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| Year | Fairlawn property | Rest of Ohio property | Fairlawn violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.2 | 22.6 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 21.0 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 31.0 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 44.0 | 17.8 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Fairlawn’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Fairlawn | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 44 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
350 crimes reported in 2025
7 violent and 343 property, as reported to the FBI by Fairlawn’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
One person died in crashes on Fairlawn’s roads in 2019–2023
Fairlawn had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Fairlawn’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fairlawn’s own rate (2.6) 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.
Fairlawn and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlawn | C− | 0.7 | 35.9 |
| Bath Township | B− | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Montrose-Ghent | — | — | — |
| Akron | D | 8.2 | 29.2 |
| Copley Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Montrose-Ghent is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Copley Township reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
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 Fairlawn. 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 Fairlawn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,790 in 2025); our figure for Fairlawn is 7,815 (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 Fairlawn
Is Fairlawn, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fairlawn reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #264 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.7 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 Fairlawn?
0.7 violent and 35.9 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 crime going up or down in Fairlawn?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Fairlawn safer than Bath Township?
Bath Township reports less crime per resident than Fairlawn: Bath Township grades B− for safety and Fairlawn C−. Bath Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fairlawn?
Fairlawn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fairlawn”. 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.