James Kinney Farmstead · Photo: Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Safety in Smith Township, OH: what is reported
No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Smith Township for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade. St. Clairsville is the only graded town within 10 miles. A 25-mile circle around it holds 5 towns with a grade.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clairsville | A+ | 7 mi | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Barnesville | A | 11 mi | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| Bellaire | B− | 11 mi | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| Martins Ferry | B− | 15 mi | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Cadiz | A− | 19 mi | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| Wintersville | B | 30 mi | 1.3 | 10.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Smith Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Smith Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Smith Township’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Smith Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Smith Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Smith Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | — | — | — |
| Goshen Township | — | — | — |
| Mead Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Richland Township, Goshen Township and Mead 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 Smith Township
Is Smith Township, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Smith Township. Smith 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 St. Clairsville (A+, 7 mi), Barnesville (A, 11 mi), Bellaire (B−, 11 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Smith 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.