What is the crime rate in Bedford, OH?

In 2025, the Bedford Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 81 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 118 violent and 635 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,757 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: 118
Property per 100,000: 635
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 81

Crime reported by the Bedford 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	13	102	85	666	12,756
2024	8	63	69	541	12,761
2025	15	118	81	635	12,757

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 85 in 2023 to 81 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 against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bedford	118	635
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, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bedford	—	118	635
Bedford Heights	1.9 mi	158	1,332
Maple Heights	1.9 mi	539	814
Walton Hills	1.9 mi	0	302
Oakwood (Cuyahoga County)	2.4 mi	86	690
Warrensville Heights	3.2 mi	120	1,406
Northfield	3.7 mi	84	1,066
Garfield Heights	4.1 mi	416	1,599
Independence	5.2 mi	147	907

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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