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Safety in Decker Township · Not graded

Safety in Decker Township, IL: what is reported

A 25-mile circle around it holds 4 towns with a grade. Olney, 9 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C+). Decker Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
OlneyC+9 mi2.313.5
FloraB+14 mi1.36.4
FairfieldC−20 mi3.619.1
NewtonC+24 mi3.211.1
BridgeportB+25 mi1.45.2
Mount CarmelA−28 mi1.33.7

Straight-line distance from the center of Decker Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Decker Township.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Decker Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Decker Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Decker Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Decker Township’s own rate (71.9) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
71.9
per 100,000 a year · Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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.

Next door

Decker Township and its neighbors

Clay City Township: not gradedNoble Township: not gradedMount Erie Township: not gradedMadison Township: not gradedClay City TownshipNoble TownshipMount Erie TownshipMadison TownshipDecker Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Clay City Township———
Noble Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clay City Township and Noble Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Decker Township

Is Decker Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Decker Township. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Olney (C+, 9 mi), Flora (B+, 14 mi), Fairfield (C−, 20 mi).

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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.