Painesville Ohio

Painesville, Ohio has recorded 25 homicides over the tracked period, with 29 victims identified. Tracking continues through 2026. The city ranks #182 among 339 U.S. cities tracked by the FBI, with a clearance rate of 28% — meaning an arrest or suspect identification was made in 7 of those incidents, while 14 remain open. The weapon mix skews toward firearm - handguns (roughly 48% of cases with weapon data), with firearm - type unknown, blunt object, other weapon as the next-most-frequent categories. The single deadliest month on record was October 2022, with 6 homicides logged. Reporting is dominated by Painesville Police Department, which filed 25 incident reports. The annual homicide count runs 73% below the per-city average for the FBI's tracking universe. Ohio's statewide firearms policy — permitless carry — is part of the regulatory backdrop for the local dynamic, even as the city-level pattern is shaped most directly by community-level conditions and the broader opioid and fentanyl crisis. For broader statewide context, see our Ohio state homicide data page. The Murder Channel's Ohio coverage provides ongoing context for this city's homicide patterns as new FBI UCR reports are released.