Kenmore is a neighborhood of 15,300 residents in Akron, about 4 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Kenmore in Akron safe?
Crime in Kenmore is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 87% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Kenmore. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C+ against D+. Akron as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kenmore run from B to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 331 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
13% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kenmore as a whole, and 87% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kenmore scores 331.
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 Kenmore, Akron, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kenmore 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 Kenmore
Reported rape stands out among C-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a C-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.39 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Kenmore has 1.0.
Aggravated assaults and acts of vandalism both run high. In Kenmore, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.1 aggravated assaults and 14.2 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 5.5 nationally.
How Kenmore compares within Akron
Safety changes a lot from one part of Kenmore to the next: 28% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 52% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across Kenmore run from B to F; every part of Kenmore has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
28%20%52%
A or B 28%C 20%D or F 52%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Kenmore has less crime than 8 of the 19 neighborhoods in Akron. It covers much of the Kenmore area.
Is crime going up in Akron?
Reported crime in Akron as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 13% and property crime down 13%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.4 to 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 34 to 29 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AkronUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Akron. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Akron
Violent, US
Property, Akron
Property, US
2016
-30%
+4%
+29%
+15%
2017
-25%
+4%
+26%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
+10%
-8%
2021
-6%
+6%
+3%
-10%
2022
-11%
+5%
+3%
-6%
2023
-16%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
-13%
-4%
-13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kenmore
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kenmore has about 78 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and close to 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Kenmore, about 45% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Kenmore; 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 Kenmore compares with nearby neighborhoods
Kenmore has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Kenmore apart: it has 13.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 16% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run 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 Kenmore: C- (30 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.16% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% 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 Kenmore
Crime costs Kenmore about $2,109 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 75% more than 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 $45 million a year, or $2,975 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 Kenmore 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 Kenmore, Akron, OH average a SchoolGrade of D: 47% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Kenmore on SchoolGrade
