Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Parma Heights, OH Crime Grade
How Parma 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
1/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Parma Heights, OH was 29.3 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 20,484). That puts Parma Heights 92% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 91% below the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Parma Heights #238 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #20 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 60% over the last five years.
Parma Heights, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Ohio Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 29.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #238 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #20 of 213
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 60%
- Population
- 20,484
- Reporting agency
- Parma Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Parma Heights Police Department (FBI ORI OH0184300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Parma Heights, OH
Also known as
- Parma
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. Parma Heights (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Parma Heights vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 73.6(15) | 20.3(4) | 24.6(5) | 39.5(8) | 29.3(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 9.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 39.3(8) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 24.5(5) | 20.3(4) | 19.7(4) | 39.5(8) | 29.3(6) |
| Property crime | 1678.6(342) | 371.1(73) | 389.0(79) | 276.3(56) | 336.8(69) |
| Burglary | 299.4(61) | 50.8(10) | 24.6(5) | 14.8(3) | 53.7(11) |
| Larceny | 1281.0(261) | 294.9(58) | 300.4(61) | 261.5(53) | 219.7(45) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 78.5(16) | 25.4(5) | 64.0(13) | 0.0(0) | 58.6(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Parma 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 Parma 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 Parma Heights calculated?
- Parma 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 Parma 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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