Highland Heights, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Highland Heights, OH Summary

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

  • There were 69 total crimes committed in Highland Heights the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 808.3 total crimes per 100K people in Highland Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Highland Heights is -65.22% below the national average.
  • Highland Heights ranks #135 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Highland Heights ranks #3,066 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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Highland Heights Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Highland Heights is 808.3 per 100,000 people. That's -65.22% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -62.56% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Highland Heights
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 69 808.3 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 11.7 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 2 23.4 308.8 369.8
Burglary 1 11.7 318.8 269.8
Larceny 65 761.5 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 11.7 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 67 784.9 1,850.3 1,954.4

Highland Heights 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 Highland Heights

2
Violent Crimes
23.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-93.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Highland Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Highland Heights is 23.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 4,268.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Highland Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -93.66% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -92.41% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Highland Heights

67
Property Crimes
784.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 67 property crimes in Highland Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Highland Heights is 784.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 127.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Highland Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.84% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.58% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Highland Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Euclid, OH 48,344 1,052 2,176.1 1,905.1 271.0
Shaker Heights, OH 28,615 183 639.5 583.6 55.9
Solon, OH 23,680 210 886.8 823.5 63.3
South Euclid, OH 21,360 577 2,701.3 2,528.1 173.2
Mayfield Heights, OH 19,813 238 1,201.2 1,125.5 75.7
Broadview Heights, OH 19,490 30 153.9 143.7 10.3
Twinsburg, OH 19,402 142 731.9 654.6 77.3
Aurora, OH 17,486 105 600.5 566.2 34.3
Lyndhurst, OH 13,682 154 1,125.6 1,008.6 116.9
Wickliffe, OH 12,622 142 1,125.0 1,045.8 79.2

Highland Heights SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
8
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