Painesville, OH carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 48% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Painesville, OH shows violent crime at 183.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 584.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 48% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
183.5/100K violent
584.2/100K property
-48% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Painesville, OH
Comparable rate records
Painesville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Painesville's 183.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Miami Township, Montgomery County (182.6), Liberty Township (185.2), Hubbard (185.4), Montpelier (180.9). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 23.9% of the 159 Part I offenses reported in Painesville for 2024, against a median of 10.6% across comparable Ohio cities — a gap of 13.3 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.
Position in the state cohort
Painesville sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 183.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Painesville ranks 105 of 340 — above 235 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +62.2% 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.
Property counts dominate Painesville'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.
Painesville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.8 Census sq mi, Painesville logged 17.7 property and 5.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Painesville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (58% of 159 offenses; mix index 4,007).
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.8 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
+52.8%
120.1 → 183.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+24.1%
470.8 → 584.2/100K
Property offenses lead Painesville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs OH
Property Crime
121
584.2
1711
1545.4
Larceny-Theft
92
444.2
-
-
Burglary
21
101.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
8
38.6
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
38
183.5
352
292.8
Aggravated Assault
34
164.1
-
-
Rape
2
9.7
-
-
Murder
1
4.8
-
-
Robbery
1
4.8
-
-
Painesville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2020, 2021, 2022 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Painesville property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 2 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Painesville Police Department
Reporting agency for Painesville NIBRS-participating
Painesville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Painesville's 159 reported offenses (2-year span 2023-2024).
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 Painesville in population. Their populations run from 19,781 to 21,490, against 20,713 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Painesville reported 38 violent crimes and 121 property crimes, for a total of 159 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Painesville?
From 2023 to 2024, Painesville's violent crime rate increased by 52.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 24.1%.
What is the most common crime in Painesville?
The most common crime type in Painesville is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.9% of all reported crimes (92 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Painesville 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 Painesville, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.