CLEVELAND -- A 5 On Your Side investigation reviewed hundreds of crime reports, went undercover at local malls, and ranked the safest and most dangerous malls all over Northeast Ohio. Investigator Ron Regan found everything from stolen cars to sex predators.

"He was saying sexual comments to me and (I) kept saying, 'Dude, leave me alone,'" said Valerie Lasko as she described her visit to a nail salon in a local mall just before it closed.

Lasko was in the salon alone with the man who was giving her a manicure. He tried to assault her.

"I was afraid he going to take advantage of me, rape me, I don't know. He could have beat me up if I did something," said Lasko.

She ran and escaped. Her attacker has since quit and fled the state.

Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the busiest shopping season of the year. So how safe is the mall where you plan to shop?

Here are the five malls with the most crime from September 2006 through September 2007:

No. 5
Parmatown Mall -- Parma, Ohio
-12 stolen cars
-5 car break-ins
-1 rape

No. 4
Midway Mall -- Elyria, Ohio
-8 stolen cars
-12 car break-ins
-1 rape

No. 3
SouthPark Mall -- Strongsville, Ohio
-9 stolen cars
-11 car break-ins
-2 incidents of indecent exposure

No. 2
Great Northern Plaze -- North Olmsted, Ohio
-3 auto thefts
-7 thefts from auto

Great Northern Mall
-8 auto thefts
-6 thefts from auto

No. 1
Severance Town Center -- Cleveland Heights, Ohio
-10 stolen cars
-17 car break-ins

Get a complete list of crimes committed at the 18 largest shopping malls in Northeast Ohio here.