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Safety in Cleveland · Not graded

Cleveland has no grade of its own; Splendora, 9 miles away, is the nearest that does

Cleveland’s 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. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 9. Splendora is the only graded town within 10 miles.

Violent crimes
49
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
196
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
9 mi
Splendora (C+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 19 property crimes reported

Property crime (18.8)Violent crime (4.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Cleveland4.7
Rest of TX3.8
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Cleveland18.8
Rest of TX20.6
U.S. (FBI)15.5

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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Cleveland’s police reported

Show as a table
YearClevelandRest of TexasClevelandRest of Texas
2022not reported27.3not reported5.1
2023not reported26.3not reported4.7
202419.823.94.84.4
202518.820.64.73.8

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Texas. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

What gets reported

245 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft151
Burglary22
Vehicle theft23
Aggravated assault45
Robbery4
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson2
49
violent crimes
196
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

49 violent and 196 property, as reported to the FBI by Cleveland’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Texas towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
SplendoraC+9 mi2.113.9
Patton VillageB+11 mi1.74.1
Roman ForestD11 mi3.731.9
WoodbranchA+12 mi0.00.0
ConroeC+24 mi2.415.6
ShenandoahD−24 mi2.959.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Cleveland. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cleveland.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

12 people died in crashes on Cleveland’s roads in 2019–2023

Cleveland had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 3 were pedestrians.

That is 26.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.3, 297 towns).

12
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
3
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
26.7
per 100,000 a year · Texas towns of 5,000–25,000: 7.3

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.

Next door

Cleveland and its neighbors

North Cleveland: not gradedNorth ClevelandCleveland
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Cleveland. 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 Cleveland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,412 in 2025); our figure for Cleveland is 9,936 (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 Cleveland

Is Cleveland, TX safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Cleveland. The nearest Texas towns with a grade are Splendora (C+, 9 mi), Patton Village (B+, 11 mi), Roman Forest (D, 11 mi).

Who polices Cleveland?

Cleveland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cleveland”. 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.