Photo: aeroplanepics0112 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Highland Heights than in 89% of U.S. towns
The graded rate rose 117% from 2023 to 2025. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crimes Highland Heights’ police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety: #29 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.1 violent crime and 5.3 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 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 Highland Heights
Highland Heights reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Ohio towns on Highland Heights’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Richmond Heights (B), Lyndhurst (B). Mayfield reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Willoughby Hills reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Highland Heights has 6,099 jobs based in town for 8,559 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 Highland 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Highland Heights property | Rest of Ohio property | Highland Heights violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.8 | 22.6 | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 21.1 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 17.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Highland Heights | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Highland Heights’ police reported 3 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Highland 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
70 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.
0 violent and 70 property, as reported to the FBI by Highland Heights’ police.
One person died in crashes on Highland Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Highland Heights 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 Highland Heights’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Highland Heights’s own rate (2.3) 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.
Highland Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Heights | A | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Mayfield | — | — | — |
| Lyndhurst | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| Richmond Heights | B | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| Willoughby Hills | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mayfield reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Willoughby Hills reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Heights | A | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Orrville | A | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Bryan | B+ | 0.9 | 7.0 |
| Oberlin | B− | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| Napoleon | C | 2.3 | 16.8 |
| Cheviot | C | 3.0 | 19.9 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Highland Heights’ population (8,559), 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 Highland 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 Highland Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,585 in 2025); our figure for Highland Heights is 8,559 (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 Highland Heights
Is Highland Heights, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Highland Heights reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #29 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.1 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 Highland Heights?
0.1 violent and 5.3 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 Highland Heights safer than Lyndhurst?
Lyndhurst reports more crime per resident than Highland Heights: Lyndhurst grades B for safety and Highland Heights A. Lyndhurst’s police reported 1.2 violent and 11.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Highland Heights?
Highland Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Highland 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.