What are Ohio's safest cities? 8 in Dayton area are on the list

Outlying communities of Cleveland continue to be among the safest places to live in the Buckeye State, according to a new report by an alarm industry trade group.

Three of the safest cities are in the Cleveland metropolitan area, and all of the top five included in the National Council for Home Safety and Security ranking are situated in northern tier of the state.

Hamilton Township in Warren County, Carlisle and Germantown were area localities making the top 20 of The Safest Cities in Ohio 2017 report based on recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics and other research.

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The report released Tuesday does not include towns with populations under 5,000 nor those failing to submit a complete crime report to the FBI. For the purposes of the report, townships with more than 5,000 are included as cities.

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The top five safest cities in Ohio:

1. Russell Township, Geauga County

Twenty minutes east of downtown Cleveland, the township of 5,262 people reported just one violent crime and nine property crimes last year.

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.19

Property Crimes per 1,000: 1.71

2. Chester Twp., Geauga County

Also east of Cleveland, Chester Twp. with 10,393 residents had one violent crime and 35 property crimes during 2016.

Violent Crimes per 1,000: 0.10

Property Crimes per 1,000: 3.37

3. Dover, Tuscawaras County