East Akron is a neighborhood of 9,650 residents in Akron, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is East Akron in Akron safe?
Crime in East Akron is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 93% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than East Akron. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C+ against F. Akron as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Akron run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 14 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Akron as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Akron scores 14.
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 East Akron, Akron, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Akron in Akron, 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 East Akron
Reported rapes run high for an F-graded neighborhood. East Akron has 1.6 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.55.
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run high. In East Akron, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 10.6 aggravated assaults and 50.2 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in East Akron
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Akron has about 126 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 66% more than Akron as a whole.
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 East Akron is assault, about 48% 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 Akron
The Akron Police Department polices East Akron; these figures cover Akron as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Akron as a whole, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 35% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (29%)
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 East Akron compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to East Akron, 7 have less crime. Ellet and Goodyear Heights have the least.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in East Akron
Two things set East Akron apart: it has 3.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 1.5 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for East Akron: C (32 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 East Akron
Crime costs East Akron about $3,583 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $63 million a year, or $6,554 per resident.
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 East Akron 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. 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 East Akron, Akron, OH average a SchoolGrade of D-: 38% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in East Akron on SchoolGrade
