I've lived in Reynoldsburg (on and off) for a few years, and have never had any major trouble. The apartment prices aren't too ridiculous, and there are several fairly nice complexes around here (a couple of crappy ones, too, but anyone from this end of town could point them out for you). The part of Reynoldsburg I live in (Alexander court, just south of Broad) is actually Columbus PD, and I've never had any real problems with them. The one time I called them (creepy car was watching my neighbor's house, and I had to leave for class), they showed up pretty promptly. There's only been one car broken into that I know of in the last year, and that guy left his GPS lit up on the dash every night for months before someone grabbed it. I spend tons of time working in my garage with the door up, all my music gear, bikes, electronics and such are visible, and I've never had anyone try to mess with it. Really, though, just drive around the city and pick a spot where all the cars you see parked cost more than yours, and you'll be fine. Incidentally, yeah, Brice road can be crappy ('smashed car window crappy' not 'gunned down in the street crappy'), and most of the taxes Pickerington people are unhappy about won't affect you directly. Lots of big expensive houses out that way.