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Safety in Rockton Township · Not graded

Rockton Township has no grade of its own; Rockton, 2 miles away, is the nearest that does

Rockton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 5 towns with grades of their own.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RocktonB+2 mi0.89.2
South BeloitB−4 mi2.410.9
RoscoeB+5 mi1.25.9
Machesney ParkC+7 mi2.514.7
Loves ParkC+9 mi3.212.2
DurandA+12 mi0.01.5

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

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

On the roads

10 people died in crashes on Rockton Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Rockton Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is 12.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 towns).

10
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
12.4
per 100,000 a year · Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000: 6.8

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

Rockton Township and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Roscoe Township———
Owen Township———
RoscoeB+1.25.9
RocktonB+0.89.2

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Roscoe Township and Owen 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.

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 Rockton Township

Is Rockton Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Rockton Township. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Rockton (B+, 2 mi), South Beloit (B−, 4 mi), Roscoe (B+, 5 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.