Norwood, OH carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 31% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Norwood, OH shows violent crime at 241.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,153.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 31% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
241.4/100K violent
3153.7/100K property
-31% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Norwood, OH
Comparable rate records
Norwood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Norwood's 241.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Springfield Township, Summit County (241.3), Girard (243.8), Galion (244.1), Amherst (238.5). 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
Norwood reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Ohio cities
At 241.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Norwood ranks 75 of 340 — above 265 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +113.4% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.1% of the 647 Part I offenses reported in Norwood for 2024, against a median of 10.6% across comparable Ohio cities — a gap of 3.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 241.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 241.4 in 2024 (-0.2%). The highest observed value was 306.4 in 2022 and the lowest 238.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Norwood'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.
Norwood's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.1 Census sq mi, Norwood logged 191.2 property and 14.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Norwood's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 647 offenses; mix index 5,963).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-11.1%
271.4 → 241.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8.5%
3445.2 → 3153.7/100K
Property offenses lead Norwood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OH
vs US avg
Property Crime
601
3153.7
1545.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
492
2581.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
62
325.3
-
-
Burglary
47
246.6
-
-
Arson
1
5.2
-
-
Violent Crime
46
241.4
292.8
352
Aggravated Assault
38
199.4
-
-
Robbery
7
36.7
-
-
Rape
1
5.2
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Norwood Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Norwood property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Norwood Police Department
Reporting agency for Norwood NIBRS-participating
Norwood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Norwood's 647 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Ohio cities closest to Norwood in population. Their populations run from 18,552 to 19,709, against 19,057 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Norwood reported 46 violent crimes and 601 property crimes, for a total of 647 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Norwood?
From 2023 to 2024, Norwood's violent crime rate decreased by 11.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.5%.
What is the most common crime in Norwood?
The most common crime type in Norwood is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.0% of all reported crimes (492 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Norwood 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 Norwood, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.