Hoover Farm · Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0On violent crime, North Canton has a lower rate per resident than 82% of U.S. towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#110 of 296 graded towns in Ohio). Add to that, in a usual year, 0.6 violent crime and 10.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Ohio, 3.7 and 19.6.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in North Canton
North Canton reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Ohio towns on North Canton’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Jackson Township (C), Canton (D−). Plain Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Canton’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Canton | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Canton’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in North Canton per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | North Canton property | Rest of Ohio property | North Canton violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.5 | 22.6 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.8 | 21.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 10.9 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 17.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
180 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
9 violent and 171 property, as reported to the FBI by North Canton’s police.
Two people died in crashes on North Canton’s roads in 2019–2023
North Canton had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than is typical for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of North Canton’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Canton’s own rate (2.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
North Canton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canton | B+ | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Plain Township | — | — | — |
| Canton | D− | 10.7 | 37.0 |
| Jackson Township | C | 1.9 | 19.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Plain Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canton | B+ | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Berea | A | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| New Philadelphia | B+ | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| Tiffin | B− | 0.6 | 15.8 |
| Streetsboro | B− | 1.0 | 16.3 |
| Steubenville | C− | 1.1 | 29.4 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to North Canton’s population (17,692), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of North Canton. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against North Canton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,641 in 2025); our figure for North Canton is 17,692 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in North Canton
Is North Canton, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Canton reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #110 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in North Canton?
0.6 violent and 10.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is North Canton safer than Canton?
Canton reports more crime per resident than North Canton: Canton grades D− for safety and North Canton B+. Canton’s police reported 10.7 violent and 37.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Canton?
North Canton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Canton”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.