Bedford, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bedford, OH Summary

Crime in Bedford research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bedford 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 Bedford:

  • There were 172 total crimes committed in Bedford the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,388.7 total crimes per 100K people in Bedford.
  • The overall crime rate in Bedford is -40.25% below the national average.
  • Bedford ranks #241 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Bedford ranks #4,998 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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Bedford Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bedford is 1,388.7 per 100,000 people. That's -40.25% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -35.68% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bedford
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 172 1,388.7 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 8.1 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 8 64.6 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 9 72.7 308.8 369.8
Burglary 24 193.8 318.8 269.8
Larceny 86 694.3 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 53 427.9 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 163 1,316.0 1,850.3 1,954.4

Bedford 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 Bedford

9
Violent Crimes
72.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-80.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bedford is 72.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,376.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -80.35% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -76.47% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bedford

163
Property Crimes
1,316.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 163 property crimes in Bedford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bedford is 1,316.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 76.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bedford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.66% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.88% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bedford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Strongsville, OH 45,703 421 921.2 853.3 67.8
North Olmsted, OH 31,641 474 1,498.1 1,409.6 88.5
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
Maple Heights, OH 21,888 251 1,146.7 922.9 223.9
Broadview Heights, OH 19,490 30 153.9 143.7 10.3
Macedonia, OH 12,248 225 1,837.0 1,779.9 57.2
Bedford Heights, OH 10,736 312 2,906.1 2,542.8 363.3
Highland Heights, OH 8,536 69 808.3 784.9 23.4

Bedford SnackAbility

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