Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThe nearest town with a Safety Grade to Sheffield Township is Lorain, 2 miles away
The FBI holds no crime figures for Sheffield Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 8 towns with grades of their own.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain | C− | 2 mi | 5.4 | 15.6 |
| Elyria | C+ | 4 mi | 2.3 | 14.1 |
| Amherst | B | 4 mi | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Sheffield Lake | B+ | 5 mi | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| North Ridgeville | A | 7 mi | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Avon | B+ | 8 mi | 0.6 | 9.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sheffield Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sheffield Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Sheffield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Sheffield Township had 3 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 Sheffield Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sheffield Township’s own rate (15.2) 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.
Sheffield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain | C− | 5.4 | 15.6 |
| Sheffield | — | — | — |
| Elyria Township | — | — | — |
| Elyria | C+ | 2.3 | 14.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sheffield reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Elyria Township has no FBI figures of its 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 Sheffield Township
Is Sheffield Township, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sheffield Township. Sheffield 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 Lorain (C−, 2 mi), Elyria (C+, 4 mi), Amherst (B, 4 mi).
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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.