Photo: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0On violent crime, Mentor has a lower rate per resident than 61% of U.S. towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Behind the grade sit 1.2 violent crimes and 12.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. All told, Mentor grades B− for safety (#159 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 28% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Mentor
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Ohio towns on Mentor’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Kirtland (A+), Mentor-on-the-Lake (A−), Willoughby (B). Concord Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Painesville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Mentor has 31,897 jobs based in town for 47,010 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Mentor’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Mentor’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Mentor property | Rest of Ohio property | Mentor violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.2 | 22.6 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 21.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 17.9 | 1.2 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mentor | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mentor’s police reported 173 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Mentor 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
532 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.
55 violent and 477 property, as reported to the FBI by Mentor’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Mentor’s roads in 2019–2023
Mentor had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died.
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mentor’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mentor’s own rate (3.8) 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.
Mentor and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Willoughby | B | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | A− | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| Concord Township | — | — | — |
| Kirtland | A+ | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Painesville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Concord Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Painesville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Miami Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Delaware | B | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| Euclid | B− | 1.7 | 12.9 |
| Beavercreek | C+ | 0.6 | 19.5 |
| Mansfield | C− | 3.9 | 25.9 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Mentor’s population (47,010), 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 Mentor. 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 Mentor’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (47,035 in 2025); our figure for Mentor is 47,010 (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 Mentor
Is Mentor, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mentor reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #159 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.2 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 Mentor?
1.2 violent and 12.7 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 Mentor in 2025?
Mentor’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Mentor safer than Willoughby?
Willoughby reports less crime per resident than Mentor: Willoughby grades B for safety and Mentor B−. Willoughby’s police reported 1.0 violent and 9.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mentor?
Mentor’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mentor”. 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.