Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Garfield Heights, OH Crime Grade
How Garfield Heights 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
10/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Garfield Heights, OH was 409.3 per 100,000 residents (118 incidents over a population of 28,828). That puts Garfield Heights Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 44% above the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Garfield Heights #3,049 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #194 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 27% over the last five years.
Garfield Heights, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 409.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,049 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #194 of 213
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 27%
- Population
- 28,828
- Reporting agency
- Garfield Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Garfield Heights Police Department (FBI ORI OH0182000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Garfield Heights, OH
Also known as
- South Newburgh
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. Garfield Heights (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Garfield Heights 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 | 560.5(153) | 485.8(141) | 516.0(149) | 464.1(134) | 409.3(118) |
| Murder | 29.3(8) | 27.6(8) | 13.9(4) | 6.9(2) | 6.9(2) |
| Rape | 65.9(18) | 82.7(24) | 72.7(21) | 55.4(16) | 59.0(17) |
| Robbery | 139.2(38) | 44.8(13) | 69.3(20) | 83.1(24) | 83.3(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 326.1(89) | 330.8(96) | 360.1(104) | 318.6(92) | 260.2(75) |
| Property crime | 1740.2(475) | 1781.4(517) | 1901.1(549) | 1901.2(549) | 1585.3(457) |
| Burglary | 340.7(93) | 275.7(80) | 190.5(55) | 287.4(83) | 173.4(50) |
| Larceny | 1260.3(344) | 1395.5(405) | 1378.2(398) | 1264.0(365) | 1127.4(325) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 120.9(33) | 103.4(30) | 325.5(94) | 332.5(96) | 277.5(80) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Garfield Heights, 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 Garfield Heights 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 Garfield Heights calculated?
- Garfield Heights'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 Garfield Heights 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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