Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Berea, OH Crime Grade
How Berea grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Ohio — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
2/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Berea, OH was 50.4 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 17,869). That puts Berea 85% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 82% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Berea #508 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 87% of them, and #43 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 125% year over year and up 87% over the last five years.
Berea, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Ohio Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 50.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #508 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #43 of 213
- Safer than
- 87% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 125%
- 5-year change
- up 87%
- Population
- 17,869
- Reporting agency
- Berea Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Berea Police Department (FBI ORI OH0180600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Berea, OH
Also known as
- Lyceum Village
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Berea (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Berea vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 26.9(5) | 37.4(7) | 59.7(11) | 22.4(4) | 50.4(9) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 5.4(1) | 5.3(1) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 21.5(4) | 32.0(6) | 48.9(9) | 22.4(4) | 44.8(8) |
| Property crime | 393.3(73) | 501.7(94) | 369.1(68) | 380.2(68) | 369.4(66) |
| Burglary | 32.3(6) | 42.7(8) | 21.7(4) | 55.9(10) | 28.0(5) |
| Larceny | 323.2(60) | 362.9(68) | 298.5(55) | 313.1(56) | 313.4(56) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 32.3(6) | 96.1(18) | 48.9(9) | 5.6(1) | 28.0(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Berea, OH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Berea Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Berea calculated?
- Berea's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Ohio state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Berea Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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