Bedford, Cuyahoga County

Paper Trail has 5,464 parcels in Bedford from the Cuyahoga County Auditor: owners, values, sales and taxes, as of October 22, 2026.

Property at a glance

5,464parcels on the county mapSource: Cuyahoga County Auditor, October 22, 2026

4,456homes (parcels the Auditor classes as a residence)Source: Cuyahoga County Auditor, October 22, 2026

$131,900median appraised value of a homeSource: Cuyahoga County Auditor, land plus building value, October 22, 2026

$3,203typical yearly property tax on a home (median)Source: Cuyahoga County Auditor, tax duplicate, October 22, 2026

5%of parcels are vacant landSource: Cuyahoga County Auditor land use codes, October 22, 2026

77% of homes: the owner gets the tax bill at the home23% absentee: the bill goes to another address

Source: Cuyahoga County Auditor owner mailing addresses, 4,451 homes with a mailing address, October 22, 2026. A bill mailed to the home is the closest public sign that the owner lives there; it is not proof.

5,464 parcels at the Cuyahoga County Auditor's map points; each square covers about 2 acres, and darker squares hold more parcels. Boundary: Census TIGER/Line 2026.

Mailing lists for Bedford

Owners in Bedford to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.

Every owner in Bedford: 4,122 mailing addresses$57.17 Absentee owners: 471 mailing addresses$28.26 Owners behind on property taxes: 164 mailing addresses$41.00

No phone numbers or email addresses. Not for screening anyone for housing, a job, credit or insurance.

Schools

Public schools inside the city line

Bedford High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 836 students, Bedford City districtOhio report card: 4 stars
Carylwood Intermediate Schoolgrades 3 to 5, 248 students, Bedford City districtOhio report card: 3.5 stars
Central Primary Schoolgrades PK to 2, 406 students, Bedford City districtOhio report card: 3 stars
Excel Academygrades 5 to 12, 118 students, Bedford City districtOhio report card: 2 stars
Glendale Primary Schoolgrades PK to 2, 309 students, Bedford City districtOhio report card: 1 star

Other schools in the Bedford City district

Columbus Intermediate Schoolgrades 3 to 5, 378 students, BedfordOhio report card: 3 stars
Heskett Middle Schoolgrades 6 to 8, 592 students, BedfordOhio report card: 2.5 stars

Schools and students: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, fall 2024 count. Ratings: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025-26 School Report Cards, the state's own overall star rating for each school. A school is listed here when its address sits inside the boundary.

Library

Bedford Branch70 Columbus Rd., part of the Cuyahoga County Public LibraryOpen about 67 hours a week

The Cuyahoga County Public Library (27 buildings) had 3,917,784 visits and lent 11,584,178 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 509,650 card holders.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024 (released June 2026). Figures are for the whole library system.

Crime reported to the FBI

Reported to the FBI by the Bedford Police Department, 2025: 15 violent crimes and 81 property crimes, for about 12,757 people. That is 1.18 violent and 6.35 property crimes per 1,000 people.

Crimes reported to the FBI by year
Year	Violent	Property	Months	Per 1,000 people
2025	15	81	12	1.18 / 6.35
2024	8	69	12	0.63 / 5.41
2023	13	85	12	1.02 / 6.66
2022	17	150	12	1.33 / 11.73
2021	9	163	12	0.73 / 13.16
2020	9	112	12	0.73 / 9.04

Most common offenses in the Bedford Police Department's 2025 incident reports: assault offenses 48, vehicle thefts 37, thefts 30.

Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.

Official offices

The official records for Bedford are kept by the county. Paper Trail Ohio is not a government website.

Cuyahoga County Auditorowners, values and the tax duplicatecuyahogacounty.gov

Cuyahoga County Recorderdeeds, mortgages and lienscuyahogacounty.gov

Cuyahoga County Treasurertax bills and paymentscuyahogacounty.gov

Sex offender registryThe Ohio Attorney General's search, run by the state. Paper Trail Ohio keeps none of this data.Ohio Attorney General sex offender search

What you can do here

Look up any parcel in Bedford free: owner, values, sales and taxes. Or buy one of the mailing lists for Bedford above.

Bedford on the property map · Every Cuyahoga County mailing list

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Questions

How many parcels are in Bedford?

5,464 parcels sit inside the Bedford boundary on the Cuyahoga County Auditor's map, 4,456 of them homes, as of October 22, 2026.

Which public schools are in Bedford?

Bedford High School, grades 9 to 12; Carylwood Intermediate School, grades 3 to 5; Central Primary School, grades PK to 2; Excel Academy, grades 5 to 12; Glendale Primary School, grades PK to 2.

Is there a public library in Bedford?

Yes: Bedford Branch, 70 Columbus Rd..

Who reports crime figures for Bedford to the FBI?

The Bedford Police Department. The page shows each year it reported from 2020 to 2025, with the months reported.

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