What is the crime rate in Lorain, OH?

In 2025, the Lorain Police Department reported 373 violent crimes and 893 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 566 violent and 1,355 property crimes per 100,000 of the 65,882 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: 566
Property per 100,000: 1,355
Violent crimes: 373
Property crimes: 893

Crime reported by the Lorain 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	319	487	1,200	1,834	65,436
2024	381	583	1,035	1,583	65,374
2025	373	566	893	1,355	65,882

Violent crimes reported went from 319 in 2023 to 373 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,200 in 2023 to 893 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.

Lorain against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lorain	566	1,355
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 Lorain, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lorain	—	566	1,355
Amherst	3.6 mi	61	922
Sheffield	4.6 mi	45	339
Sheffield Lake	5.4 mi	121	475
Elyria	5.9 mi	186	1,330
Vermilion	7.4 mi	9	214
North Ridgeville	8.9 mi	47	184
Avon	9.1 mi	43	944
Avon Lake	9.3 mi	49	293

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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