South Euclid, OH carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 41% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, South Euclid, OH shows violent crime at 207 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,825.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 41% 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
207/100K violent
1825.5/100K property
-41% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for South Euclid, OH
Comparable rate records
South Euclid's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to South Euclid's 207.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Chillicothe (206.0), Hebron (208.1), St. Bernard (204.7), Sheffield Lake (211.8). 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
South Euclid sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 207.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, South Euclid ranks 93 of 340 — above 247 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +83.0% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 278.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 207.0 in 2024 (-25.7%). The highest observed value was 278.6 in 2020 and the lowest 173.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate South Euclid'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.
South Euclid's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.7 Census sq mi, South Euclid logged 83.3 property and 9.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
South Euclid's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 432 offenses; mix index 5,654).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+12.9%
183.4 → 207/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.6%
2087.8 → 1825.5/100K
Property offenses lead South Euclid's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs OH
Property Crime
388
1825.5
1545.4
Larceny-Theft
320
1505.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
43
202.3
-
Burglary
25
117.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
44
207
292.8
Robbery
17
80
-
Aggravated Assault
17
80
-
Rape
7
32.9
-
Murder
3
14.1
-
South Euclid Crime Trend (2020-2024)
South Euclid property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
South Euclid Police Department
Reporting agency for South Euclid NIBRS-participating
South Euclid Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind South Euclid's 432 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 South Euclid in population. Their populations run from 20,230 to 21,985, against 21,255 here. Or use our
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In 2024, South Euclid reported 44 violent crimes and 388 property crimes, for a total of 432 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in South Euclid?
From 2023 to 2024, South Euclid's violent crime rate increased by 12.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.6%.
What is the most common crime in South Euclid?
The most common crime type in South Euclid is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.1% of all reported crimes (320 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: South Euclid 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 South Euclid, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.