What is the crime rate in Bedford Heights, OH?

In 2025, the Bedford Heights Police Department reported 17 violent crimes and 143 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 158 violent and 1,332 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,735 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: 158
Property per 100,000: 1,332
Violent crimes: 17
Property crimes: 143

Crime reported by the Bedford Heights 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	21	196	277	2,585	10,714
2024	11	103	216	2,014	10,723
2025	17	158	143	1,332	10,735

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 17 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 277 in 2023 to 143 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.

Bedford Heights against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bedford Heights	158	1,332
Cuyahoga County	514	1,859
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 Bedford Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bedford Heights	—	158	1,332
Bedford	1.9 mi	118	635
Warrensville Heights	2.5 mi	120	1,406
Oakwood (Cuyahoga County)	2.5 mi	86	690
Maple Heights	3.2 mi	539	814
Walton Hills	3.7 mi	0	302
Moreland Hills	4.3 mi	0	286
Northfield	4.7 mi	84	1,066
Beachwood	5.0 mi	51	1,903

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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