Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOn violent crime, Seven Hills has a lower rate per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
Typical years here bring 0.6 violent crime plus 8.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.7 plus 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. Seven Hills’s overall Safety Grade is B+ (#87 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less 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 Seven Hills
Seven Hills reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Ohio towns on Seven Hills’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Parma (B+), Independence (B−). Brooklyn Heights reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Seven Hills’ 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 | Seven Hills | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Seven Hills’ police reported 21 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Seven Hills 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Seven Hills property | Rest of Ohio property | Seven Hills violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 21.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 8.8 | 19.8 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 9.6 | 17.9 | 0.6 | 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.
117 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.
7 violent and 110 property, as reported to the FBI by Seven Hills’ police.
No one died in a crash on Seven Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 Seven Hills’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Seven 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.
Seven Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Hills | B+ | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| Brooklyn Heights | — | — | — |
| Independence | B− | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Parma | B+ | 1.3 | 7.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brooklyn Heights reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Hills | B+ | 0.6 | 8.7 |
| Salem | B− | 1.6 | 13.4 |
| Norton | C+ | 1.3 | 15.5 |
| Bucyrus | C+ | 1.5 | 16.3 |
| Brimfield Township | C+ | 0.7 | 20.8 |
| Van Wert | C− | 2.9 | 24.5 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Seven Hills’ population (11,464), 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 Seven Hills. 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 Seven Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,517 in 2025); our figure for Seven Hills is 11,464 (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 Seven Hills
Is Seven Hills, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Seven Hills reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #87 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.6 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 Seven Hills?
0.6 violent and 8.7 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.
Is Seven Hills safer than Independence?
Independence reports more crime per resident than Seven Hills: Independence grades B− for safety and Seven Hills B+. Independence’s police reported 1.5 violent and 11.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Seven Hills?
Seven Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Seven Hills”. 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.