What is the crime rate in Akron, OH?

In 2025, the Akron Police Department reported 1,652 violent crimes and 5,414 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 872 violent and 2,856 property crimes per 100,000 of the 189,545 residents it serves.

Across Ohio the rates were 288 and 1,471.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 872
Property per 100,000: 2,856
Violent crimes: 1,652
Property crimes: 5,414

Crime reported by the Akron Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	1,504	801	5,786	3,082	187,705
2024	1,584	842	5,772	3,067	188,223
2025	1,652	872	5,414	2,856	189,545

Violent crimes reported went from 1,504 in 2023 to 1,652 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 5,786 in 2023 to 5,414 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Akron against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Akron	872	2,856
Summit County	426	2,028
Ohio	288	1,471
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Akron, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Akron	—	872	2,856
Tallmadge	5.3 mi	109	912
Copley Township	5.8 mi	93	1,148
Munroe Falls	6.0 mi	20	80
Mogadore	6.3 mi	79	1,021
Fairlawn	6.3 mi	90	4,429
Lakemore	6.5 mi	206	1,270
Barberton	6.7 mi	253	2,037
Springfield Township (Summit County)	6.7 mi	191	4,996

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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