Photo: RadioKAOS · CC BY-SA 3.0Chena Ridge: recorded crime, not graded
Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade. Chena Ridge has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Fairbanks, 12 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (D).
The nearest Alaska towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Chena Ridge. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chena Ridge.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Chena Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Chena Ridge had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Alaska towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chena Ridge’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chena Ridge’s own rate (6.8) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Chena Ridge and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ester and College are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Chena Ridge
Is Chena Ridge, AK safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Chena Ridge. The nearest Alaska towns with a grade are Fairbanks (D, 12 mi), North Pole (C−, 20 mi), Palmer (B−, 223 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Chena Ridge.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.