Mentor, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mentor, OH Summary

Crime in Mentor research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mentor over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mentor:

  • There were 742 total crimes committed in Mentor the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,576.6 total crimes per 100K people in Mentor.
  • The overall crime rate in Mentor is -32.17% below the national average.
  • Mentor ranks #270 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Mentor ranks #5,533 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Mentor Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mentor is 1,576.6 per 100,000 people. That's -32.17% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -26.98% lower than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mentor
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 742 1,576.6 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 1 2.1 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 64 136.0 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 75 159.4 308.8 369.8
Burglary 38 80.7 318.8 269.8
Larceny 614 1,304.6 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 15 31.9 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 667 1,417.2 1,850.3 1,954.4

Mentor Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Mentor

75
Violent Crimes
159.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-56.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 75 violent crimes in Mentor in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mentor is 159.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 627.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mentor each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -56.91% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -48.39% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mentor

667
Property Crimes
1,417.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 667 property crimes in Mentor in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mentor is 1,417.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 70.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mentor each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.48% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.41% lower than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mentor

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cleveland Heights, OH 44,105 601 1,362.7 1,140.5 222.2
Shaker Heights, OH 28,615 183 639.5 583.6 55.9
Willoughby, OH 23,853 255 1,069.0 968.4 100.6
South Euclid, OH 21,360 577 2,701.3 2,528.1 173.2
Mayfield Heights, OH 19,813 238 1,201.2 1,125.5 75.7
Eastlake, OH 17,982 299 1,662.8 1,473.7 189.1
Beachwood, OH 13,797 470 3,406.5 3,247.1 159.5
University Heights, OH 13,701 128 934.2 795.6 138.7
Lyndhurst, OH 13,682 154 1,125.6 1,008.6 116.9
Highland Heights, OH 8,536 69 808.3 784.9 23.4

Mentor SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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