Photo: User:THD3 · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident in South Euclid fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 1.8 violent crimes and 17.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. South Euclid grades C+ for safety overall (#216 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 South Euclid
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Ohio towns on South Euclid’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Richmond Heights (B), Lyndhurst (B), Cleveland Heights (C+), Cleveland (D−). Neighbors ↓
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 South Euclid’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (17.0) 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 | South Euclid property | Rest of Ohio property | South Euclid violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.3 | 22.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 20.7 | 21.0 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 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 | South Euclid | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Euclid’s police reported 117 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 South Euclid 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
291 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.
35 violent and 256 property, as reported to the FBI by South Euclid’s police.
No one died in a crash on South Euclid’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 South Euclid’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Euclid’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.
South Euclid and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Euclid | C+ | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| Cleveland Heights | C+ | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| Richmond Heights | B | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| Lyndhurst | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| Cleveland | D− | 15.4 | 43.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Euclid | C+ | 1.8 | 17.0 |
| Rocky River | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Lebanon | B | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| Alliance | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Piqua | D | 4.1 | 27.5 |
| Chillicothe | D | 2.1 | 43.5 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to South Euclid’s population (21,248), 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 South Euclid. 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 South Euclid’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,236 in 2025); our figure for South Euclid is 21,248 (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 South Euclid
Is South Euclid, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Euclid reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #216 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.8 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 South Euclid?
1.8 violent and 17.0 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 South Euclid safer than Cleveland Heights?
Cleveland Heights reports less crime per resident than South Euclid: Cleveland Heights grades C+ for safety and South Euclid C+. Cleveland Heights’s police reported 2.3 violent and 11.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Euclid?
South Euclid’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Euclid”. 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.