The crime rate in Norwood is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 31 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Norwood is 1 in 33. Based on FBI crime data, Norwood is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Norwood has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Norwood to other communities of similar population, then Norwood crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Norwood does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Norwood does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Norwood.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Norwood occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Norwood; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 354. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Norwood experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Norwood is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Norwood, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 36, which is a rate of 28 per one thousand population.