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Safety in Gold Hill Township · Not graded

Safety in Gold Hill Township: figures, but no grade

Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 4. There are no FBI figures for Gold Hill Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. Eldorado, 14 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C).

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
EldoradoC14 mi4.911.9
Norris CityA+18 mi0.00.0
HarrisburgA−19 mi1.25.3
Carrier MillsB23 mi0.810.9
McLeansboroA30 mi1.21.7
MarionC−40 mi3.722.9

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

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

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Gold Hill Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Gold Hill Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people 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 Gold Hill Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Gold Hill Township’s own rate (32.5) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
32.5
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

Gold Hill Township and its neighbors

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A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 Gold Hill Township

Is Gold Hill Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Gold Hill Township. Gold Hill Township 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 Eldorado (C, 14 mi), Norris City (A+, 18 mi), Harrisburg (A−, 19 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.