The city of Canton has been named the 20th safest suburb in the U.S. in a recent study.
The study, completed by SmartAsset, was based on various data points comparing 360 places that are within 15 to 45 minutes of the 100 largest U.S. cities by car that have at least 5,000 residents.
Metrics used included violent crime rate, property crime rate, vehicular mortality rate, drug poisoning mortality rate and percentage of the population engaging in excessive drinking. These data points were based on the number of crimes and deaths per 100,000 residents, as well as adults who report binge or heavy drinking…