The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Wickliffe, OH
Wickliffe is a city of 12,900 in Lake County, about 14 miles northeast of downtown Cleveland · Updated November 2026
Is Wickliffe, OH safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Wickliffe has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 902 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wickliffe as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wickliffe scores 902.
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 Wickliffe, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wickliffe, 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 Wickliffe
Thefts are uncommon. Wickliffe has thefts at about half the US rate: 7.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Wickliffe
Every part of Wickliffe where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Wickliffe run from A+ to A; every part of Wickliffe has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Wickliffe, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Wickliffe?
Reported property crime in Wickliffe has fallen 44% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 14 to 7.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Property crime, change since 2019
WickliffeUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Wickliffe. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Wickliffe
Property, US
2016
+34%
+15%
2017
-13%
+12%
2018
-11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-32%
-10%
2022
-24%
-6%
2023
-35%
-7%
2024
-44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Wickliffe
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wickliffe has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% less than the US as a whole and 54% less than Ohio.
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 makes up about 44% of crime reported in Wickliffe. Assault is less common but 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.
The Wickliffe Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting gap, so CrimeGrade™ used its own estimate instead.
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 Wickliffe
Wickliffe has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Wickliffe compares with nearby cities
Wickliffe has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Wickliffe
Two things set Wickliffe apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 6.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft.
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%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 82% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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 Wickliffe: D+ (21 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 61% of US city residents
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 Wickliffe
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wickliffe about $391 a year per household, 68% 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 $6.5 million a year, or $509 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$310,000
$24
Rape
$220,000
$17
Robbery
$62,000
$5
Assault
$710,000
$55
Burglary
$99,000
$8
Theft
$470,000
$37
Vehicle theft
$130,000
$10
Arson
$9,200
$1
Vandalism
$170,000
$13
Total
$2.2 million
$170
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 Wickliffe 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. Wickliffe is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Wickliffe, OH average a SchoolGrade of C-: 59% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Wickliffe on SchoolGrade
