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Warrensville Heights, OH crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 44 per one thousand residents, Warrensville Heights has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 23. Within Ohio, more than 98% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Warrensville Heights.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 13,457, Warrensville Heights has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Warrensville Heights does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Warrensville Heights.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Warrensville Heights 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 Warrensville Heights.

For Warrensville Heights, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Warrensville Heights is one in 121.

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

Importantly, we found that Warrensville Heights has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Warrensville Heights is one in 168.

Warrensville Heights Crime Data

total Crime Index

4

(100 is safest)


Safer than 4% of U.S. cities.

Warrensville Heights Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

111

479

590

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

8.25

35.59

43.84

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
8.25
2.94
National Median: 4
    Warrensville Heights
    Ohio

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 121

in Warrensville Heights

1 in 341

in Ohio

Warrensville Heights Violent Crimes

Population: 13,457
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
35.59
17.83
National Median: 20
    Warrensville Heights
    Ohio

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 28

in Warrensville Heights

1 in 56

in Ohio

Property Crimes

Population: 13,457
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Warrensville Heights Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
143
24
National Median: 27.0
    Warrensville Heights
    Ohio