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Safety in Rome Township · Not graded

Rome Township: recorded crime, not graded

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Centralia, 10 miles away, graded D. There are no FBI figures for Rome Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. Within a 25-mile drive lie 3 towns that have a grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CentraliaD10 mi7.026.0
SalemC14 mi3.815.7
InaA+20 mi0.03.2
CarlyleB25 mi0.710.5
PinckneyvilleA30 mi0.52.4
OkawvilleA31 mi0.23.5

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

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

On the roads

Six people died in crashes on Rome Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Rome Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 6) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.

That is more than 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 Rome Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rome Township’s own rate (76.1) is context, not a ranking.

6
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
76.1
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

Rome Township and its neighbors

Shiloh Township: not gradedGrand Prairie Township: not gradedField Township: not gradedRaccoon Township: not gradedCasner Township: not gradedShiloh TownshipGrand Prairie TownshipField TownshipRaccoon TownshipCasner TownshipRome Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Shiloh Township———
Field Township———
Raccoon Township———
Casner Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shiloh Township, Field Township, Raccoon Township and Casner 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 Rome Township

Is Rome Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Rome Township. Rome 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 Centralia (D, 10 mi), Salem (C, 14 mi), Ina (A+, 20 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.