Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
East Cleveland, OH Crime Grade
How East Cleveland 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
10/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in East Cleveland, OH was 1712.9 per 100,000 residents (228 incidents over a population of 13,311). That puts East Cleveland 427% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 505% above the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks East Cleveland #3,762 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 0% of them, and #213 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 22% year over year and up 200% over the last five years.
East Cleveland, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1712.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,762 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #213 of 213
- Safer than
- 0% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 22%
- 5-year change
- up 200%
- Population
- 13,311
- Reporting agency
- East Cleveland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by East Cleveland Police Department (FBI ORI OH0181700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About East Cleveland, OH
Also known as
- Colamer
- Nine Mile Creek
- Euclid
- Collamer Station
- Collamer
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. East Cleveland (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
East Cleveland 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 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 570.6(97) | 1058.3(142) | 1602.9(214) | 1409.7(188) | 1712.9(228) |
| Murder | 17.6(3) | 37.3(5) | 67.4(9) | 37.5(5) | 60.1(8) |
| Rape | 5.9(1) | 37.3(5) | 112.4(15) | 90.0(12) | 112.7(15) |
| Robbery | 288.2(49) | 186.3(25) | 322.1(43) | 247.5(33) | 232.9(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 258.8(44) | 797.4(107) | 1101.0(147) | 1034.8(138) | 1307.2(174) |
| Property crime | 2205.8(375) | 2280.5(306) | 2846.2(380) | 3051.9(407) | 2952.4(393) |
| Burglary | 676.4(115) | 439.7(59) | 569.2(76) | 554.9(74) | 555.9(74) |
| Larceny | 723.5(123) | 1050.8(141) | 1348.2(180) | 1499.7(200) | 1502.5(200) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 770.5(131) | 775.1(104) | 906.3(121) | 944.8(126) | 871.5(116) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the East Cleveland, 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 East Cleveland 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 East Cleveland calculated?
- East Cleveland'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 East Cleveland 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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