Glenville is a neighborhood of 12,800 residents in Cleveland, about 4 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Glenville in Cleveland safe?
Crime in Glenville is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 99% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Glenville. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Cleveland as a whole grades F. Every neighborhood in Glenville grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
1% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glenville as a whole, and 99% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glenville scores 0.
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 Glenville, Cleveland, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Glenville in Cleveland, 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 Glenville
Reported rape stands out among F-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.55 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Glenville has 1.5.
Robberies and car thefts both run high. In Glenville, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 4.9 robberies and 12.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.7 nationally.
How Glenville compares within Cleveland
Every part of Glenville grades D or F on the national scale.
99%
A or B 1%D or F 99%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Glenville has less crime than 2 of the 34 neighborhoods in Cleveland. It covers much of the North Collinwood, Glenville, and University District areas.
Is crime going up in Cleveland?
Reported violent crime in Cleveland as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 12% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 3% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 15 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 45 to 44 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ClevelandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Cleveland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Cleveland
Violent, US
Property, Cleveland
Property, US
2016
+10%
+4%
+19%
+15%
2017
-5%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+15%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
+6%
+5%
-3%
-6%
2023
+10%
+2%
+7%
-7%
2024
+1%
-4%
-3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Glenville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glenville has about 145 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and close to Cleveland 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Glenville, about 44% of everything reported.
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 Cleveland
The Cleveland Police Department polices Glenville; these figures cover Cleveland as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Cleveland as a whole, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 39% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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 Glenville compares with nearby neighborhoods
Glenville has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Glenville apart: it has 20.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.20.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 84% 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 (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 52% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 79% 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 Glenville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Glenville about $6,489 a year per household, more than 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 $147 million a year, or $11,508 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 Glenville 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
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 Glenville, Cleveland, OH average a SchoolGrade of F: 27% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Glenville on SchoolGrade
