Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Painesville, OH Crime Grade
How Painesville 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
8/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Painesville, OH was 221.6 per 100,000 residents (46 incidents over a population of 20,754). That puts Painesville 32% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 22% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Painesville #2,208 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #167 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 21% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Painesville, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Ohio Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 221.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,208 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #167 of 213
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 21%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 20,754
- Reporting agency
- Painesville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Painesville Police Department (FBI ORI OH0430800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Painesville, OH
Also known as
- Newmarket
- Champion
History
Settle in 1805, two miles to the S of the former New Market, and named Champion. Later renamed Painesville, to conform with the name of the township which had been titled in 1796 to honor General Edward Paine, a representative to the Northwest Territorial Legislature, and who built has home of the banks of the Grand River. It was then part of Geauga County.
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. Painesville (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Painesville 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 | 2014 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 249.7(50) | 183.5(38) | 221.6(46) |
| Murder | 10.0(2) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) |
| Rape | 59.9(12) | 9.7(2) | 24.1(5) |
| Robbery | 94.9(19) | 4.8(1) | 9.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.9(17) | 164.1(34) | 183.1(38) |
| Property crime | 1857.6(372) | 584.2(121) | 448.1(93) |
| Burglary | 359.5(72) | 101.4(21) | 91.5(19) |
| Larceny | 1443.1(289) | 444.2(92) | 313.2(65) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 44.9(9) | 38.6(8) | 43.4(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Painesville, 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 Painesville 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 Painesville calculated?
- Painesville'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 Painesville 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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