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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in University Heights, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in University Heights, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around University Heights. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is University Heights, OH safe?
University Heights, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 63 out of 100, grade B, above the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 42% 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
- 63 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 42%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 9%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 10
How University Heights compares
University Heights scores 10 points above the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
University Heights 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 University Heights.
Neighborhoods inside University Heights
10 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside University Heights, 10 of them mostly inside it. Among those 10, the lowest scores 36, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 43 to 92.
ZIP codes where University Heights residents live
Listed by the estimated share of University Heights'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
- Beachwood Safety Score 71 · grade B · 1.8 miles
- Shaker Heights Safety Score 62 · grade B · 1.9 miles
- South Euclid Safety Score 66 · grade B · 1.9 miles
- Cleveland Heights Safety Score 45 · grade C · 1.9 miles
- Lyndhurst Safety Score 70 · grade B · 2.9 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About University Heights
University Heights has an estimated 13,265 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 1.8 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 10 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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