Cuyahoga Falls is a city of 48,300 in Summit County, about 5 miles north of downtown Akron · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Cuyahoga Falls?
Cuyahoga Falls earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Theft makes up 71% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 804 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Cuyahoga Falls as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cuyahoga Falls scores 804.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Cuyahoga Falls, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cuyahoga Falls, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Cuyahoga Falls
Thefts run high for a city with an A for property crime. Cuyahoga Falls has 16.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 8.1.
Car thefts are uncommon. Cuyahoga Falls has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 0.96 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Cuyahoga Falls
Every part of Cuyahoga Falls where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Cuyahoga Falls run from A+ to C+.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Merriman Valley, westClose to the rest of Cuyahoga Falls on most crimes.A-800
2North Village, northeastClose to the rest of Cuyahoga Falls on most crimes.A-794
3West Village, centralClose to the rest of Cuyahoga Falls on most crimes.A-780
4East Village, southeastCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Cuyahoga Falls.B+755
5Gorge Terrace, southActs of vandalism run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Cuyahoga Falls.B+728
Neighborhood areas of Cuyahoga Falls, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Cuyahoga Falls?
Reported property crime in Cuyahoga Falls has held about steady since 2019, within 8%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 20 to 18 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Cuyahoga FallsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Cuyahoga Falls. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Cuyahoga Falls
Property, US
2016
+16%
+15%
2017
+23%
+12%
2018
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
-8%
2021
-16%
-10%
2022
-8%
-6%
2023
-6%
-7%
2024
-8%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Cuyahoga Falls
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cuyahoga Falls has about 24 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Ohio.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Cuyahoga Falls, about 71% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Cuyahoga Falls, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 38% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Cuyahoga Falls and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Cuyahoga Falls, 8 have less property crime. Hudson and Munroe Falls have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cuyahoga Falls. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Cuyahoga Falls has more property crime than 81% of them.
Empty homes, walkability and density in Cuyahoga Falls
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Cuyahoga Falls apart: it has 4.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Cuyahoga Falls: D+ (23 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 67% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.98% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 56% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Cuyahoga Falls
Property crime costs Cuyahoga Falls about $7.0 million a year, or $145 per resident and about $315 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$560,000
$12
Theft
$4.1 million
$86
Vehicle theft
$710,000
$15
Arson
$35,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$32
Total
$7.0 million
$145
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
