Photo: Ohio Redevelopment Projects · CC BY 2.0Crime recorded in Highland Hills, and why it isn’t graded
The FBI holds no crime figures for Highland Hills alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Beachwood, 2 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C+). Count 25 graded towns in the 10 miles around.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beachwood | C+ | 2 mi | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Orange | B− | 2 mi | 1.2 | 13.0 |
| University Heights | B+ | 3 mi | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Bedford Heights | C+ | 3 mi | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| Pepper Pike | A | 4 mi | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Bedford | A− | 4 mi | 0.9 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Highland Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Highland Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Highland Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Highland Hills’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Highland Hills’s own rate (0.0) 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 Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrensville Heights | — | — | — |
| Shaker Heights | — | — | — |
| Beachwood | C+ | 0.6 | 20.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Warrensville Heights reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Shaker Heights reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Hills
Is Highland Hills, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Highland Hills. Highland Hills has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Beachwood (C+, 2 mi), Orange (B−, 2 mi), University Heights (B+, 3 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Highland Hills.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.