Photo: sunsets_for_you · CC BY-SA 2.0Policing and crime in Willoughby Hills, OH
Willoughby Hills’ police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. A 10-mile radius takes in 19 places that are graded. The closest graded town is Wickliffe, 2 miles away, at B+.
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Willoughby Hills’ police reported
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| Year | Willoughby Hills | Rest of Ohio | Willoughby Hills | Rest of Ohio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.7 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | not reported | 19.8 | not reported | 3.9 |
| 2025 | not reported | 17.8 | not reported | 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.
115 crimes reported in 2023
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
11 violent and 104 property, as reported to the FBI by Willoughby Hills’ police.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickliffe | B+ | 2 mi | 0.9 | 8.5 |
| Highland Heights | A | 3 mi | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Willowick | A | 4 mi | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Richmond Heights | B | 4 mi | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| Willoughby | B | 4 mi | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Euclid | B− | 5 mi | 1.7 | 12.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Willoughby Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Willoughby Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Willoughby Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Willoughby Hills had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 3) 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 Willoughby Hills’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Willoughby Hills’s own rate (6.0) 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.
Willoughby Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby | B | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Wickliffe | B+ | 0.9 | 8.5 |
| Mayfield | — | — | — |
| Kirtland | A+ | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Gates Mills | — | — | — |
| Richmond Heights | B | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| Highland Heights | A | 0.1 | 5.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mayfield reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Gates Mills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Willoughby 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 Willoughby Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,934 in 2023); our figure for Willoughby Hills is 9,992 (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 Willoughby Hills
Is Willoughby Hills, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Willoughby Hills. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Wickliffe (B+, 2 mi), Highland Heights (A, 3 mi), Willowick (A, 4 mi).
Who polices Willoughby Hills?
Willoughby Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Willoughby 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, 2023, 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.