Crime in Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH
Wheeling Avenue Historic District is a neighborhood of 4,830 residents in Cambridge, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Wheeling Avenue Historic District in Cambridge safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Wheeling Avenue Historic District is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Wheeling Avenue Historic District sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. Cambridge as a whole grades A+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 831 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wheeling Avenue Historic District as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wheeling Avenue Historic District scores 831.
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 Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wheeling Avenue Historic District in Cambridge, 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
Crime rates and types in Wheeling Avenue Historic District
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wheeling Avenue Historic District has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% less than the US as a whole and close to Cambridge 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Wheeling Avenue Historic District, about 48% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Wheeling Avenue Historic District compares with nearby neighborhoods
Wheeling Avenue Historic District has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Wheeling Avenue Historic District. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Wheeling Avenue Historic District is safer than 81% of them.
Transit, shops and walkability in Wheeling Avenue Historic District
One thing sets Wheeling Avenue Historic District apart: it has 18.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and theft 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 Wheeling Avenue Historic District: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.18.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% 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+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% 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 Wheeling Avenue Historic District
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wheeling Avenue Historic District about $672 a year per household, 44% less 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 $3.3 million a year, or $691 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 Wheeling Avenue Historic District 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 Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH average a SchoolGrade of D: 52% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Wheeling Avenue Historic District on SchoolGrade
