Photo: AJHalliwell at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Garfield Heights than in 86% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 17% from 2023 to 2025. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes Garfield Heights’ police reported through 2023 to 2025: #260 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. For every 1,000 residents, 4.6 violent crimes and 17.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Ohio, the figures are 3.7 and 19.6.
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 Garfield Heights
Garfield Heights reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Ohio towns on Garfield Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cleveland (D−). Valley View has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Maple Heights reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Garfield 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Garfield Heights property | Rest of Ohio property | Garfield Heights violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.6 | 22.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 5.2 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 15.8 | 17.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Crime in Garfield 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Garfield Heights | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Garfield Heights’ police reported 401 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
573 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.
118 violent and 455 property, as reported to the FBI by Garfield Heights’ police.
10 people died in crashes on Garfield Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Garfield Heights had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.8 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.
Garfield Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Heights | C− | 4.6 | 17.8 |
| Cleveland | D− | 15.4 | 43.8 |
| Valley View | — | — | — |
| Maple Heights | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Valley View has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Maple Heights reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Heights | C− | 4.6 | 17.8 |
| Genoa Township | A+ | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Perry Township | B | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Marysville | B | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| Kent | B− | 1.6 | 11.0 |
| Delhi Township | B− | 1.4 | 12.1 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Garfield Heights’ population (28,790), 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 Garfield 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 Garfield Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,828 in 2025); our figure for Garfield Heights is 28,790 (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 Garfield Heights
Is Garfield Heights, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Garfield Heights reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #260 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 4.6 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 Garfield Heights?
4.6 violent and 17.8 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 Garfield Heights in 2025?
Garfield Heights’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Garfield Heights safer than Cleveland?
Cleveland reports more crime per resident than Garfield Heights: Cleveland grades D− for safety and Garfield Heights C−. Cleveland’s police reported 15.4 violent and 43.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Garfield Heights?
Garfield Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Garfield 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.