South Lorain is a neighborhood of 6,700 residents in Lorain · Updated November 2026
Is South Lorain in Lorain safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, South Lorain has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against C+. Lorain as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within South Lorain run from B to C, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 613 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than South Lorain as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South Lorain scores 613.
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 South Lorain, Lorain, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Lorain in Lorain, 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 South Lorain
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in South Lorain runs 30% above the US rate, but car thefts run 31% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Aggravated assaults run high for a B-graded neighborhood. South Lorain has 5.8 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 2.5.
Crime rates and types in South Lorain
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Lorain has about 48 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and close to Lorain 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 South Lorain is assault, about 50% 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 Lorain
The Lorain Police Department polices South Lorain; these figures cover Lorain as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Lorain as a whole, 76% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at other places: 40% of them, against 7% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (76%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Other places (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Other places (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (27%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
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 South Lorain compares with nearby neighborhoods
South Lorain has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Parking lots, transit and walkability in South Lorain
Two things set South Lorain apart: it has 6.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 13% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 South Lorain: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% 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.13% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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 South Lorain
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs South Lorain about $1,612 a year per household, 34% 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 $13 million a year, or $1,915 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 South Lorain 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 South Lorain, Lorain, OH average a SchoolGrade of F: 30% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in South Lorain on SchoolGrade
