Eastlake, OH carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 28% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Eastlake, OH shows violent crime at 254.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,667.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 28% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
254.8/100K violent
1667.7/100K property
-28% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Eastlake, OH
Comparable rate records
Eastlake's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Eastlake's 254.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wellston (255.9), Colerain Township (251.7), Cleveland Heights (250.8), East Liverpool (249.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Eastlake reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Ohio cities
At 254.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Eastlake ranks 69 of 340 — above 271 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +125.3% against the cohort median of 113.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 189.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 254.8 in 2024 (+34.8%). The highest observed value was 254.8 in 2024 and the lowest 17.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Eastlake's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Eastlake's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.4 Census sq mi, Eastlake logged 45 property and 6.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Eastlake's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (79% of 332 offenses; mix index 6,430).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+1699%
92.7 → 1667.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+1364.4%
17.4 → 254.8/100K
Property offenses lead Eastlake's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OH
Property Crime
288
1667.7
1545.4
Larceny-Theft
263
1523
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
98.4
-
Burglary
8
46.3
-
Arson
1
5.8
-
Violent Crime
44
254.8
292.8
Aggravated Assault
36
208.5
-
Rape
7
40.5
-
Robbery
1
5.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Eastlake Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2022 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Eastlake property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Eastlake Police Department
Reporting agency for Eastlake NIBRS-participating
Eastlake Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Eastlake's 332 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Ohio
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In 2024, Eastlake reported 44 violent crimes and 288 property crimes, for a total of 332 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Eastlake?
From 2023 to 2024, Eastlake's violent crime rate increased by 1364.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 1699%.
What is the most common crime in Eastlake?
The most common crime type in Eastlake is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.2% of all reported crimes (263 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Eastlake figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Eastlake, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.