Cleveland Crime 2021
Cleveland · 2021 (the police feed changed after this year (911 calls before the crime-report feed began, or a smaller extract), so not comparable with later years) · updated 2026-11-12
Cleveland police open data lists 69,391 incidents for 2021 (the police feed changed after this year (911 calls before the crime-report feed began, or a smaller extract), so not comparable with later years). The most common crime types were other (72.0%), assault (13.8%), theft (10.1%).
Crime types in 2021
| Crime type | Incidents | Share | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 49,975 | 72.0% | — |
| Assault | 9,591 | 13.8% | — |
| Theft | 6,996 | 10.1% | — |
| Robbery | 1,255 | 1.8% | — |
| Sexual assault | 850 | 1.2% | — |
| Fraud | 724 | 1.0% | — |
The police feed changed after this year (911 calls before the crime-report feed began, or a smaller extract), so not comparable with later years. These are the counts the source published, not a complete year.
Month by month
| Jan | 5,317 |
| Feb | 4,455 |
| Mar | 5,535 |
| Apr | 5,669 |
| May | 6,758 |
| Jun | 6,434 |
| Jul | 6,496 |
| Aug | 6,465 |
| Sep | 5,941 |
| Oct | 5,873 |
| Nov | 4,970 |
| Dec | 5,478 |
Neighborhoods with the most reports in 2021
- Mount Pleasant 1,198 incidents
- Glenville 919 incidents
- Broadway-Slavic Village 869 incidents
- Union-Miles 855 incidents
- West Boulevard 672 incidents
- Downtown 662 incidents
- Old Brooklyn 591 incidents
- Buckeye-Shaker Square 530 incidents
Counts are not adjusted for population or area.
Questions
How much crime was reported in Cleveland in 2021?
69,391 incidents for 2021 (the police feed changed after this year (911 calls before the crime-report feed began, or a smaller extract), so not comparable with later years) in Cleveland Division of Police 911 calls, Cleveland Division of Police open data.
Other years
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Source: Cleveland Division of Police 911 calls (89%), Cleveland Division of Police (11%) open data. Police-reported incidents, not convictions.