No grade for Wilkshire Hills, but its recorded crime is here
There are 2 graded towns within 10 miles. Dover, 8 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B+). Wilkshire Hills has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Tuscarawas County. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Wilkshire Hills alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Wilkshire Hills
Policed by the county
Wilkshire Hills is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Wilkshire Hills. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Dover (B+, 8 mi), Perry Township (B, 9 mi), Brewster (B, 10 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wilkshire Hills. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Tuscarawas County without police of their own, which include Wilkshire Hills.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | B+ | 8 mi | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Perry Township | B | 9 mi | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Brewster | B | 10 mi | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| New Philadelphia | B+ | 11 mi | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| Massillon | C+ | 11 mi | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| Canton | D− | 12 mi | 10.7 | 37.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wilkshire Hills. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wilkshire Hills.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Wilkshire Hills’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 Wilkshire Hills’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wilkshire Hills’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.
Wilkshire Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Township | — | — | — |
| Sandy Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lawrence Township and Sandy 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 Wilkshire Hills
Is Wilkshire Hills, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wilkshire Hills. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Dover (B+, 8 mi), Perry Township (B, 9 mi), Brewster (B, 10 mi).
Who polices Wilkshire Hills?
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office. Wilkshire Hills is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Tuscarawas County without police of their own.
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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.