I feel like I've seen far fewer reports of robberies in 2012 than I remember seeing in 2011, and recall hearing that the CHPD has put particular emphasis on bringing those incidents down. It would be interesting to see these numbers as year-to-year trends for comparison.

An issue with this comparison is that some of these towns, such as Cleveland Heights and Lakewood, are within major metro areas while others are not. It would be interesting to see how CH stacks up relative to the towns/neighborhoods surrounding us or that are potential alternative choices for a person considering whether to locate in CH or a different area.

People actually walk on CH's streets.

For better or worse, that means more crime.

But, but, but, I thought Cleveland Heights was the safest city in the area for its size, or at least thats what I thought the city leasership always touted. Maybe I didn't understand them correctly.

For years city hall and the police dept. have re-classified certain crimes in the city so they are not recorded as crime incidents. The stat. you see in the table may be lower than the actual number of incidents.( Not sure how the IPad thefts from Roxboro students were classified)
The inaccurate lower crime stat. (if you believe it,) helps property values. City Hall will continue to portray Cleve. Hts. as a low crime city.
If you read The Patch and the newspapers Police Blotter you are aware of some of the crime that occurs in C.H. . C.H usualy has the most listing of crimes and not all of it makes it to print.
The Sun Press Police Blotter sometimes tries to put a humorous spin to some but there is nothing humorous about it .
I believe the police dept. does what it can and is trying different strategies to reduce crime in C.H.

I would like to know what percent of the crimes is committed by juveniles and how many of the victims are juveniles? Also it seems as if many of the perpetrators are related.

Does anyone know if these stats/incidents are mapped out in any way?

Mapping it out: Most of the crime is committed North of Cedar Rd. and gets worse around the Severance area and Superior Rd.

It would be helpful if our police department spent less time going after parking violations and more time trying to stop robberies and burglaries.

I have two thoughts on the traffic citations: first, really a question- what percentage of the department revenue is expected to come from fines and citations? My guess is that revenue from those fines offsets other more important work. Is that correct?

Second, as a street that has seen increased (and fast) traffic due to this year's construction, we are thankful for the dept's quick response to our request for assistance in trying to quell speeders on our street.

I'm generally not that concerned about the over zealous traffic cops. It's well known that you'll get pulled over for speeding pretty much anywhere CH, so just drive the limit and you'll be fine.

Even when I was a little girl and we would be biking over to Cumberland to swim, my grand mother prohibited us from riding down Altamont since it had a seedy reputation even then. We had to go via Beechwood or Euclid Heights.

Cleveland Heights needs to provide juveniles with civility lessons, and when they do transgress, make them do reparations. For instance, trespassing or menacing on the streets, they need to do yard clean up and care for the seniors in the community. Teach compassion and respect at an early age. Perhaps then they won't be so eager to be thuglets. Enforcing curfews and monitoring heavy walking areas and parks can also help decrease crime.