Crime recorded in Dorchester, and why it isn’t graded
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Worden, 11 miles away, graded A+. The FBI holds no crime figures for Dorchester alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Widen the search to 25 miles and 13 graded towns turn up.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worden | A+ | 11 mi | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Carlinville | D | 13 mi | 5.9 | 25.5 |
| Bethalto | B+ | 15 mi | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| East Alton | C | 18 mi | 3.7 | 13.3 |
| Wood River | C | 18 mi | 2.2 | 17.2 |
| Alton | D | 19 mi | 9.1 | 29.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Dorchester. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dorchester.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Dorchester’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Dorchester’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dorchester’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Dorchester and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dorchester Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Dorchester
Is Dorchester, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Dorchester. Dorchester has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Worden (A+, 11 mi), Carlinville (D, 13 mi), Bethalto (B+, 15 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Dorchester.
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.