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Safety index · Cleveland · data through November 2026

Is Downtown Cleveland safe?

Downtown records a high level of reported crime for Cleveland. Its SafeRoute safety index is 37 out of 100 — 11 points below the citywide median of 48, ranking 30th of 34 Cleveland neighborhoods — based on 1,703 incidents reported to the Cleveland Division of Police within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to November 2026.

37/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Downtown — higher is safer. 30th of 34 Cleveland neighborhoods.

DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 9 MONTHS OF DATA

The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Cleveland — a typical Cleveland neighborhood sits near 48. It ranks Downtown against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

The largest reported category here is other crime (26% of reports); the full mix is broken down below.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 28% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 24% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Cleveland Memorial ShorewayEuclid Avenue neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center1,703 incidents reported within 1 km of the Downtown center (500 shown) · Cleveland Division of Police data through November 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the south of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Other
436 · 26%
Violent crime
370 · 22%
Other theft
262 · 15%
Vehicle crime
190 · 11%
Criminal damage & arson
151 · 9%
Public order
118 · 7%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Is Cleveland safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →

Walking in Downtown at night?

SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Downtown safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 37/100). About 52% of severity-weighted incidents in Downtown are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Downtown?

Other crime — 436 of 1,703 incidents (26%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to November 2026.

How is the Downtown safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Cleveland Division of Police by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Cleveland, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.