What is the crime rate in Cleveland, OH?

In 2025, the Cleveland Police Department reported 4,970 violent crimes and 14,432 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,367 violent and 3,969 property crimes per 100,000 of the 363,659 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: 1,367
Property per 100,000: 3,969
Violent crimes: 4,970
Property crimes: 14,432

Crime reported by the Cleveland 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	6,182	1,726	17,850	4,984	358,146
2024	5,739	1,582	16,443	4,533	362,762
2025	4,970	1,367	14,432	3,969	363,659

Violent crimes reported went from 6,182 in 2023 to 4,970 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 17,850 in 2023 to 14,432 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.

Cleveland against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cleveland	1,367	3,969
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 Cleveland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cleveland	—	1,367	3,969
Newburgh Heights	2.1 mi	333	998
Brooklyn Heights	4.1 mi	0	881
Brooklyn	4.7 mi	82	6,207
Garfield Heights	5.6 mi	416	1,599
Lakewood	6.3 mi	130	937
East Cleveland	6.3 mi	1,713	2,952
Cleveland Heights	6.5 mi	244	1,085
Bratenahl	6.5 mi	143	573

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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