Beachwood, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Beachwood, OH Summary

Crime in Beachwood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Beachwood over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Beachwood:

  • There were 470 total crimes committed in Beachwood the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,406.5 total crimes per 100K people in Beachwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Beachwood is 46.57% above the national average.
  • Beachwood ranks #391 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Beachwood ranks #8,539 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Beachwood Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Beachwood is 3,406.5 per 100,000 people. That's 46.57% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 57.78% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Beachwood
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 470 3,406.5 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 7.2 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 16 116.0 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 22 159.5 308.8 369.8
Burglary 14 101.5 318.8 269.8
Larceny 388 2,812.2 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 46 333.4 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 448 3,247.1 1,850.3 1,954.4

Beachwood Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Beachwood

22
Violent Crimes
159.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-56.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 violent crimes in Beachwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Beachwood is 159.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 627.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Beachwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -56.88% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -48.36% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Beachwood

448
Property Crimes
3,247.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
66.14%
Above The National Average
  • There were 448 property crimes in Beachwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Beachwood is 3,247.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Beachwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 66.14% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 75.49% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Beachwood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shaker Heights, OH 28,615 183 639.5 583.6 55.9
Solon, OH 23,680 210 886.8 823.5 63.3
Hudson, OH 22,902 102 445.4 419.2 26.2
South Euclid, OH 21,360 577 2,701.3 2,528.1 173.2
Rocky River, OH 21,309 168 788.4 708.6 79.8
Broadview Heights, OH 19,490 30 153.9 143.7 10.3
University Heights, OH 13,701 128 934.2 795.6 138.7
Lyndhurst, OH 13,682 154 1,125.6 1,008.6 116.9
Macedonia, OH 12,248 225 1,837.0 1,779.9 57.2
Seven Hills, OH 11,516 88 764.2 668.6 95.5

Beachwood SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
8.5
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