What is the crime rate in Independence, OH?

In 2025, the Independence Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 68 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 147 violent and 907 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,498 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: 147
Property per 100,000: 907
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 68

Crime reported by the Independence 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	12	160	102	1,356	7,521
2024	12	160	91	1,212	7,510
2025	11	147	68	907	7,498

Violent crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 102 in 2023 to 68 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.

Independence against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Independence	147	907
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 Independence, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Independence	—	147	907
Seven Hills	2.2 mi	61	999
Garfield Heights	3.0 mi	416	1,599
Brooklyn Heights	3.2 mi	0	881
Walton Hills	3.9 mi	0	302
Maple Heights	4.2 mi	539	814
Broadview Heights	4.9 mi	0	61
Parma	4.9 mi	150	725
Brecksville	5.1 mi	36	399

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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