Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWalton Hills has no grade of its own; Bedford, 2 miles away, is the nearest that does
Nearby, 19 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. Walton Hills’ police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Walton Hills’ police reported
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| Year | Walton Hills | Rest of Ohio | Walton Hills | Rest of Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 22.6 | not reported | 4.0 |
| 2023 | not reported | 21.0 | not reported | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 19.8 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Ohio. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
6 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.
0 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Walton Hills’ police.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | A− | 2 mi | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Northfield | B | 3 mi | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| Bedford Heights | C+ | 4 mi | 1.2 | 19.0 |
| Independence | B− | 4 mi | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| Garfield Heights | C− | 4 mi | 4.6 | 17.8 |
| Macedonia | C+ | 5 mi | 0.4 | 19.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Walton Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Walton Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Walton Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Walton Hills had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than 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 Walton Hills’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Walton Hills’s own rate (39.8) 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.
Walton Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | A− | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Maple Heights | — | — | — |
| Valley View | — | — | — |
| Oakwood | — | — | — |
| Sagamore Hills Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Maple Heights reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Valley View and Oakwood have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Sagamore Hills Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 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.
- One number for all of Walton 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 Walton Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,988 in 2025); our figure for Walton Hills is 1,991 (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 Walton Hills
Is Walton Hills, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Walton Hills. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Bedford (A−, 2 mi), Northfield (B, 3 mi), Bedford Heights (C+, 4 mi).
Who polices Walton Hills?
Walton Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Walton 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.