Lakeview has an overall crime rate of 10 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Lakeview is 1 in 100. How does Lakeview fare compared to other communities in Ohio of all population sizes? Lakeview's crime rate is lower than approximately 35% of Ohio communities.

However, when you compare Lakeview to other communities of similar population, then Lakeview crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Lakeview does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Lakeview does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lakeview.

For Lakeview, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Lakeview than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1199, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Lakeview; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.