Pepper Pike reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns
Violence and property crime split as 0.1 violent crime and 4.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. Add to that, its letter for safety is A, worked out from crimes Pepper Pike’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #15 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident.
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 Pepper Pike
Pepper Pike reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Ohio towns on Pepper Pike’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Orange (B−), Beachwood (C+). Moreland Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Pepper Pike is home to Ursuline College, with 844 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 6% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Pepper Pike’s 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pepper Pike | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pepper Pike’s 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 Pepper Pike 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Pepper Pike property | Rest of Ohio property | Pepper Pike violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.1 | 22.6 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 21.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 17.9 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
18 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.
1 violent and 17 property, as reported to the FBI by Pepper Pike’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Pepper Pike’s roads in 2019–2023
Pepper Pike had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) 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 Pepper Pike’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pepper Pike’s own rate (5.8) 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.
Pepper Pike and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Pike | A | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Beachwood | C+ | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Moreland Hills | — | — | — |
| Orange | B− | 1.2 | 13.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Moreland Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Pike | A | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Kirtland | A+ | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Cortland | A | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Columbiana | A | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Hillsboro | B− | 1.2 | 13.2 |
| Mount Healthy | D | 5.8 | 27.4 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Pepper Pike’s population (6,886), 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 Pepper Pike. 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 Pepper Pike’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,895 in 2025); our figure for Pepper Pike is 6,886 (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 Pepper Pike
Is Pepper Pike, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pepper Pike reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #15 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 Pepper Pike?
0.1 violent and 4.1 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 Pepper Pike safer than Beachwood?
Beachwood reports more crime per resident than Pepper Pike: Beachwood grades C+ for safety and Pepper Pike A. Beachwood’s police reported 0.6 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pepper Pike?
Pepper Pike’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pepper Pike”. 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.