Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0What is recorded in Prairie Township, and why there is no grade
The FBI holds no crime figures for Prairie Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Wooster, 13 miles away, graded C. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 6.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairie Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Prairie Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Prairie Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Prairie Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Prairie Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Prairie Township’s own rate (19.6) 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.
Prairie Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Hardy Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | — | — | — |
| Ripley Township | — | — | — |
| Monroe Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Salt Creek Township, Hardy Township, Franklin Township, Ripley Township and Monroe Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Prairie Township
Is Prairie Township, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Prairie Township. Prairie Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Wooster (C, 13 mi), Loudonville (A−, 16 mi), Orrville (A, 17 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Prairie Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.