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Crime Index: (100 is Safest)

Crime rates for Akron, OH

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Akron zip codes44301, 44302, 44303, 44304, 44307, 44308, 44311, 44305, 44314, 44310

POPULATION
217,088

Akron Crime Rates

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CRIME INDEX

8

100 is safest


This city is safer than 8% of the cities in the US.

city Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
1,258 12,965 14,223
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
5.79 59.72 65.51




  • Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 4.7
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Akron
    1 in 173
  • in Ohio
    1 in 281
5.79
3.55
Akron Ohio
Akron violent crimes
Population: 217,088
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 14 188 605 451
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.87 2.79 2.08
United States violent crimes
Population: 296,410,404
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 16,692 93,934 417,122 862,947
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.32 1.41 2.91
  • Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 34.3
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Akron
    1 in 17
  • in Ohio
    1 in 27
59.72
36.99
Akron Ohio
Akron property crimes
Population: 217,088
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 3,279 8,071 1,531
RATE PER 1,000 15.10 37.18 7.05
United States property crimes
Population: 296,410,404
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 2,154,126 6,776,807 1,235,226
RATE PER 1,000 7.27 22.86 4.17
  • Crimes Per Square Mile

226
51
Akron Ohio
  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 49.6


About Akron crime rates

With a crime rate of 66 per one thousand residents, Akron has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 15. Within Ohio, more than 90% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Akron.

How does the crime rate in Akron compare to similar sized city across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Akron with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Akron's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate – not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Akron does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Akron.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Akron occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Akron – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 173. This equates to a rate of 6 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Akron is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Akron, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 17, which is a rate of 60 per one thousand population.

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