Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Crime recorded in Mount Vernon Township, and why it isn’t graded
Ina, 13 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A+). Mount Vernon Township reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade. A 25-mile circle around it holds 4 towns with a grade.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ina | A+ | 13 mi | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| Centralia | D | 19 mi | 7.0 | 26.0 |
| Salem | C | 21 mi | 3.8 | 15.7 |
| McLeansboro | A | 25 mi | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Fairfield | C− | 27 mi | 3.6 | 19.1 |
| Pinckneyville | A | 31 mi | 0.5 | 2.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Mount Vernon Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mount Vernon Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Mount Vernon Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Vernon Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mount Vernon Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Vernon Township’s own rate (6.5) 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.
Mount Vernon Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Township | — | — | — |
| Dodds Township | — | — | — |
| Field Township | — | — | — |
| Webber Township | — | — | — |
| Mount Vernon | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shiloh Township, Dodds Township, Field Township and Webber Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Mount Vernon reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Mount Vernon Township
Is Mount Vernon Township, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mount Vernon Township. Mount Vernon 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 Ina (A+, 13 mi), Centralia (D, 19 mi), Salem (C, 21 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Mount Vernon Township.
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.