What is the crime rate in East Cleveland, OH?

In 2025, the East Cleveland Police Department reported 228 violent crimes and 393 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,713 violent and 2,952 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,311 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: 1,713
Property per 100,000: 2,952
Violent crimes: 228
Property crimes: 393

Crime reported by the East 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	214	1,603	380	2,846	13,351
2024	188	1,410	407	3,052	13,336
2025	228	1,713	393	2,952	13,311

Violent crimes reported went from 214 in 2023 to 228 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 380 in 2023 to 393 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.

East Cleveland against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
East Cleveland	1,713	2,952
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 East Cleveland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
East Cleveland	—	1,713	2,952
Cleveland Heights	1.6 mi	244	1,085
Bratenahl	2.2 mi	143	573
South Euclid	2.8 mi	165	1,220
University Heights	3.4 mi	53	778
Shaker Heights	4.1 mi	14	460
Richmond Heights	4.2 mi	67	715
Lyndhurst	4.4 mi	110	1,028
Euclid	5.2 mi	106	1,363

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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