What is the crime rate in Elyria, OH?

In 2025, the Elyria Police Department reported 100 violent crimes and 716 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 186 violent and 1,330 property crimes per 100,000 of the 53,836 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: 186
Property per 100,000: 1,330
Violent crimes: 100
Property crimes: 716

Crime reported by the Elyria 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	108	204	778	1,467	53,024
2024	158	297	799	1,500	53,263
2025	100	186	716	1,330	53,836

Violent crimes reported went from 108 in 2023 to 100 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 778 in 2023 to 716 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.

Elyria against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elyria	186	1,330
Lorain County	208	867
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 Elyria, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elyria	—	186	1,330
North Ridgeville	4.5 mi	47	184
Sheffield	5.9 mi	45	339
Lorain	5.9 mi	566	1,355
Amherst	6.8 mi	61	922
Avon	7.3 mi	43	944
Grafton	7.3 mi	17	104
Sheffield Lake	8.0 mi	121	475
Oberlin	8.3 mi	163	1,510

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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