The Akron metro area, the 86th-largest in the US, is home to 699,800 residents; Akron itself is the fifth-largest city in Ohio · Updated November 2026
Is Akron, OH safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in the Akron area is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so the Akron area sits near the middle: 42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. The city of Akron itself grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within the Akron area run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 792 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than the Akron area as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Akron area scores 792.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Akron, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Akron area, 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 in the Akron area
One part of Akron stands out for robbery. Robberies in West Akron & Lane-Wooster, in west Akron, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous places in the Akron area
Most of the Akron area grades well: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 12% in areas graded D or F. Grades across the Akron area run from A+ to F; 65% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
82%12%
A or B 82%C 6%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
9West Akron & Lane-Wooster, westAggravated assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Akron.F0
Neighborhood areas of the city of Akron, ranked by overall 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.
Cities and towns in the Akron metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the area, the Northfield, Richfield, and Montrose-Ghent areas have the least crime and the Cuyahoga Falls area the most.
Is crime going up in the Akron area?
Reported crime in the Akron area has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 19% and property crime down 16%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.8 to 3.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 18 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Akron areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Akron area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Akron area
Violent, US
Property, Akron area
Property, US
2016
-31%
+4%
+24%
+15%
2017
-27%
+4%
+24%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
+4%
-8%
2021
-15%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-16%
+2%
-13%
-7%
2024
-19%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in the Akron area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Akron area has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Ohio.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in the Akron area is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in the Akron area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Akron area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Akron area, 70% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 33% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (70%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (26%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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.
How the Akron area compares with nearby metro areas
The Akron area has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest metro areas.
Transit, density and night lighting in the Akron area
One thing sets the Akron area apart: it has 8% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft; here robbery and car theft sit near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for the Akron area: D (16 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% of Americans in metro areas
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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 58% of Americans in metro areas
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.6.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 52% of Americans in metro areas
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 crime costs the Akron area
Crime costs the Akron area about $1,013 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $298 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $938 million a year, or $1,340 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$55 million
$78
Rape
$21 million
$30
Robbery
$6.2 million
$9
Assault
$107 million
$153
Burglary
$11 million
$15
Theft
$50 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$17 million
$24
Arson
$1.5 million
$2
Vandalism
$30 million
$43
Total
$298 million
$426
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in the Akron area means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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. These figures cover the whole Akron metro area. 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.
Schools in the Akron area average a SchoolGrade of B-: 60% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in the Akron area on SchoolGrade
