Charles Franks House · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Safety in Rock Creek-Lima Township: figures, but no grade
Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 10. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Rock Creek-Lima Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade. Inside a 10-mile circle, only Lanark carries a grade.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanark | A+ | 4 mi | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Mount Carroll | B+ | 11 mi | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| Polo | A | 11 mi | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Freeport | C+ | 17 mi | 2.9 | 12.5 |
| Sterling | C+ | 19 mi | 2.7 | 12.8 |
| Rock Falls | D | 20 mi | 5.1 | 26.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Rock Creek-Lima Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rock Creek-Lima Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Rock Creek-Lima Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Rock Creek-Lima 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 Rock Creek-Lima Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rock Creek-Lima Township’s own rate (10.6) 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.
Rock Creek-Lima Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Grove-Shannon Township | — | — | — |
| Wysox Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cherry Grove-Shannon Township and Wysox Township have no FBI figures of their 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 Rock Creek-Lima Township
Is Rock Creek-Lima Township, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Rock Creek-Lima Township. Rock Creek-Lima 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 Lanark (A+, 4 mi), Mount Carroll (B+, 11 mi), Polo (A, 11 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Rock Creek-Lima 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.