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Safety in Roanoke Township · Not graded

Safety in Roanoke Township: figures, but no grade

A 25-mile circle around it holds 12 towns with a grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Washington, 13 miles away, graded B−. No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Roanoke Township for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
WashingtonB−13 mi1.114.7
ChillicotheC+17 mi2.014.1
HudsonA+18 mi0.40.6
MortonB+18 mi1.27.7
East PeoriaC−19 mi2.926.3
MackinawA−19 mi0.57.8

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

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

On the roads

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

Roanoke 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 Roanoke Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Roanoke Township’s own rate (17.8) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
17.8
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

Roanoke Township and its neighbors

Greene Township: not gradedOlio Township: not gradedMetamora Township: not gradedLinn Township: not gradedGreene TownshipOlio TownshipMetamora TownshipLinn TownshipRoanoke Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Olio Township———

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

Is Roanoke Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Roanoke Township. Roanoke 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 Washington (B−, 13 mi), Chillicothe (C+, 17 mi), Hudson (A+, 18 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.