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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Lakewood, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Lakewood, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Lakewood. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Lakewood, OH safe?
Lakewood, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 48 out of 100, grade C, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 26% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 48 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 26%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 35%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 50
How Lakewood compares
Lakewood scores 5 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Lakewood lies in Cuyahoga County, which has a county Safety Score of 11, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Lakewood.
Neighborhoods inside Lakewood
50 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Lakewood, 50 of them mostly inside it. Among those 50, the lowest scores 20, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 24 to 73.
ZIP codes where Lakewood residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Lakewood's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Rocky River Safety Score 71 · grade B · 3.0 miles
- Fairview Park Safety Score 67 · grade B · 4.1 miles
- Brooklyn Safety Score 58 · grade C · 4.3 miles
- Brook Park Safety Score 65 · grade B · 5.8 miles
- Cleveland Safety Score 23 · grade D · 6.3 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Lakewood
Lakewood has an estimated 49,517 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 5.5 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 50 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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