Kenmore is a neighborhood of 15,300 residents in Akron, about 4 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Kenmore?
Violent crime is high in Kenmore: a D+, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Assaults make up 95% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Akron as a whole grades C- for violent crime.
D+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 240 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Kenmore as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Kenmore scores 240.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid 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.
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What stands out about violent crime in Kenmore
Aggravated assaults run high. Kenmore has aggravated assaults at more than double the US rate: 6.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
How Kenmore compares within Akron
Violent crime changes a lot from one part of Kenmore to the next: 28% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 57% live in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Kenmore run from B to F.
28%15%57%
A or B 28%C 15%D or F 57%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Kenmore has less violent crime than 7 of the 19 neighborhoods in Akron. It covers much of the Kenmore area.
Is violent crime going up in Akron?
Reported violent crime in Akron as a whole has fallen 13% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.4 to 8.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent 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
2016
-30%
+4%
2017
-25%
+4%
2018
-7%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
2021
-6%
+6%
2022
-11%
+5%
2023
-16%
+2%
2024
-13%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Kenmore
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kenmore has about 37 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Akron as a whole.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Kenmore, about 95% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent 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, 58% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at homes: 29% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Kenmore and nearby neighborhoods
Kenmore has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Kenmore apart: it has 16% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 1.0 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Kenmore: C- (30 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.16% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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 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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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 82% 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 violent crime costs Kenmore
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Kenmore about $41 million a year, or $2,666 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $9.5 million, or $621 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
