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Safety in Mill Shoals Township · Not graded

What the figures say about crime in Mill Shoals Township, IL

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Fairfield, 13 miles away, graded C−. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Mill Shoals Township has nothing to grade it on. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
FairfieldC−13 mi3.619.1
McLeansboroA15 mi1.21.7
Norris CityA+15 mi0.00.0
EldoradoC28 mi4.911.9
Mount CarmelA−33 mi1.33.7
InaA+33 mi0.03.2

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

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

On the roads

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

Mill Shoals 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 Mill Shoals Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mill Shoals Township’s own rate (35.0) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
35.0
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

Mill Shoals Township and its neighbors

Barnhill Township: not gradedBurnt Prairie Township: not gradedCrouch Township: not gradedBeaver Creek Township: not gradedEnfield Township: not gradedCrook Township: not gradedBarnhill TownshipBurnt Prairie TownshipCrouch TownshipBeaver Creek TownshipEnfield TownshipCrook TownshipMill Shoals Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Enfield Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Enfield 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.

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 Mill Shoals Township

Is Mill Shoals Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Mill Shoals Township. Mill Shoals 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 Fairfield (C−, 13 mi), McLeansboro (A, 15 mi), Norris City (A+, 15 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.