Olmsted Falls's overall rate of crime is sufficiently low that NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows the city to be one of the safest in both Ohio and the nation. Olmsted Falls's crime rate is just 3 per 1,000 people, which means that a person's chance of becoming a victim in Olmsted Falls is one in 384.

Additionally, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Olmsted Falls, and we found that the crime rate in Olmsted Falls is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Olmsted Falls is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Olmsted Falls 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 Olmsted Falls.

For Olmsted Falls, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Olmsted Falls than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2207, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Olmsted Falls experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Olmsted Falls compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Olmsted Falls is just 2 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Olmsted Falls is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.