Photo: Jimrickshaw · Public domainRecorded crime per resident in Perry Township fell 51% from 2023 to 2025
Its 3 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident. Overall, Perry Township grades B for safety (#116 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, the yearly rates were 0.9 violent crime and 9.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio.
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 Perry Township
Perry Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Ohio towns on Perry Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Massillon (C+), Jackson Township (C), Canton (D−). Perry Heights and Reedurban are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Bethlehem Township, Tuscarawas Township and Canton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Perry Township’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Perry Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Perry Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.9 | 22.6 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 13.8 | 21.1 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 7.6 | 19.9 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Perry Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Perry Township’s police reported 80 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Perry Township 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.
211 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.
16 violent and 195 property, as reported to the FBI by Perry Township’s police.
18 people died in crashes on Perry Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Perry Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 12.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).
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.
Perry Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | B | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Massillon | C+ | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| Perry Heights | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | C | 1.9 | 19.2 |
| Bethlehem Township | — | — | — |
| Reedurban | — | — | — |
| Canton | D− | 10.7 | 37.0 |
| Tuscarawas Township | — | — | — |
| Canton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Perry Heights and Reedurban are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Bethlehem Township, Tuscarawas Township and Canton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | B | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Genoa Township | A+ | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Troy | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| Kent | B− | 1.6 | 11.0 |
| Delhi Township | B− | 1.4 | 12.1 |
| Garfield Heights | C− | 4.6 | 17.8 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Perry Township’s population (28,259), 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 Perry Township. 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 Perry Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,221 in 2025); our figure for Perry Township is 28,259 (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 Perry Township
Is Perry Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Perry Township reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #116 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.9 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 Perry Township?
0.9 violent and 9.4 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.
How many homicides were there in Perry Township in 2025?
Perry Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Perry Township safer than Massillon?
Massillon reports more crime per resident than Perry Township: Massillon grades C+ for safety and Perry Township B. Massillon’s police reported 2.5 violent and 13.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Perry Township?
Perry Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Perry Township, Stark County”. 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.