What is the crime rate in Garfield Heights, OH?

In 2025, the Garfield Heights Police Department reported 120 violent crimes and 461 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 416 violent and 1,599 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,828 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: 416
Property per 100,000: 1,599
Violent crimes: 120
Property crimes: 461

Crime reported by the Garfield 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	149	516	550	1,905	28,878
2024	135	468	549	1,901	28,876
2025	120	416	461	1,599	28,828

Violent crimes reported went from 149 in 2023 to 120 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 550 in 2023 to 461 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.

Garfield Heights against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Garfield Heights	416	1,599
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 Garfield Heights, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Garfield Heights	—	416	1,599
Maple Heights	2.3 mi	539	814
Independence	3.0 mi	147	907
Brooklyn Heights	3.1 mi	0	881
Newburgh Heights	3.7 mi	333	998
Bedford	4.1 mi	118	635
Walton Hills	4.1 mi	0	302
Warrensville Heights	4.5 mi	120	1,406
Seven Hills	4.5 mi	61	999

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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