840 E Buchtel Ave Crime & Safety Report

Safety overview

Total Registered Sex Offenders:

234

within 2 miles

within 1 mile

Total Reported Incidents & Crimes

6901

Last 12 months

Neighborhood Score

Moderate Risk

Noticeable crime activity, including occasional assaults or theft. A few registered sex offenders may be in the vicinity. Caution advised.

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Full report contains 500 offenders within 5 miles and 6901 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

500 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 840 E Buchtel Ave, Akron, OH 44305

131 Rape

134 Child Involved

75 Assault

197 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Arrest / Conviction	Address	Distance	Risk
BROWN, JERRY 66 years old Child Involved Rapist Violent	AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT and RAPE and DEVIATE SEXUAL ASSAULT and CHILD ABDUCTN/LURE A CHILD <16 YRS INTO VEHICLE and VIOLATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT and VIOLATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION and SEX OFFENDER REGISTERING/FALSE INFO and SEX OFFENDER REGISTERING/FALSE INFORMATION 2024-10-25T06:34:59	1146 BELLOWS AKRON, OH, 00000	2.3	Medium
ROGERS, TIMOTHY EDWARD 37 years old Rapist		1129 JENKINS BLVD AKRON, OH, 44306	2.7	Medium
SAWYER, BRIAN EDWARD 57 years old Child Involved		2508 BAILEY RD CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH, 44221	4.7	Medium
ALLEN, PAUL DOUGLAS 66 years old Rapist		146 S HIGH ST AKRON, OH, 44308	1.4	Medium
ALLEN, ERIC JULIUS 37 years old Violent		98 W MILLER AVE AKRON, OH, 44301	2.6	Medium

6901 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

651 Severe

648 Medium

1105 Low

4497 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Disturbance 07/16/2026 10:40 PM	Akron General Ave, Akron, OH 44307	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a hospital emergency room parking lot after security reported a man flailing his arms outside. The man had not gone inside the emergency room, and officers made contact with him near the entrance doors.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 10:17 PM	Byers Ave & Payne Ave, Akron, OH 44302	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services dispatched to Byers Avenue near Ack Fowler Senior High Rise, close to Payne Avenue and West Market Street in Cuyahoga Falls.
Suspicious Activity 07/16/2026 10:16 PM	4th St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221	MEDIUM	As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were dispatched for a welfare check at a Circle K on 4th Street after a caller reported the store should be closed but its lights were still on and cars were driving slowly in the area.
Suspicious Activity 07/16/2026 09:54 PM	South St, Akron, OH 44314	MEDIUM	As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch reports a possible suspicious person near South Collinwood after a caller saw someone flashing a flashlight through their basement window.
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 09:46 PM	Locust St, Akron, OH 44307	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, medics were sent to an apartment building on Locust Street for a possible overdose or poisoning.

Nearby Schools

Schools within 2 miles of this property, nearest first.

School	Distance
Middlebury Academy	0.3 mi
Case Preparatory Academy	0.5 mi
Mason Community Learning Center	0.6 mi
Akron Preparatory School	0.8 mi
Barber Community Learning Center	1.0 mi
Edge Learning	1.0 mi
National Inventors Hall of Fame School Center for STEM	1.0 mi
AkroTech High School	1.0 mi
Akros Middle School	1.0 mi
Akron STEM High School	1.0 mi
Henry L Robinson Community Learning Center	1.0 mi
Seiberling Community Learning Center	1.2 mi
Leggett Community Learning Center	1.4 mi
East Community Learning Center	1.5 mi
APS Online	1.5 mi

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