FBI Releases Annual Crime Report: How Safe is Lakewood?
The FBI released its annual report of crime statistics for 2011, which includes breakdowns of cities across the country
The FBI has released its annual report of crime statistics for 2011, which compiles the number of violent and property crimes in cities across the country. Most of the crimes committed in Lakewood were theft — 795 of them were reported last year. For the most part, Lakewood fared well in the crime categories when compared to similarly populated cities, including other Patch towns like Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Falls and Mentor. According to the FBI numbers, which includes crimes reported to the FBI by local police departments for data purposes, Lakewood had 795 thefts last year, compared to 4,569 thefts reported in Cuyahoga Falls, 675 in Cleveland Heights and 910 in Mentor. In the violent crime category — which includes rape, robbery and…
