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Safety in Washington Township · Not graded

Washington Township has no grade of its own; Mount Carroll, 10 miles away, is the nearest that does

Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Washington Township has nothing to grade it on. Within a 25-mile drive lie 4 towns that have a grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Mount CarrollB+10 mi2.14.7
StocktonA16 mi0.43.8
LanarkA+17 mi0.51.8
FultonB+19 mi1.07.9
FreeportC+28 mi2.912.5
PoloA31 mi0.91.6

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Washington Township’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Washington Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Washington Township’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

Washington Township and its neighbors

Savanna Township: not gradedWoodland Township: not gradedDerinda Township: not gradedHanover Township: not gradedSavanna TownshipWoodland TownshipDerinda TownshipHanover TownshipWashington Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Savanna Township———
Hanover Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Savanna Township and Hanover 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 Washington Township

Is Washington Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Washington Township. Washington 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 Mount Carroll (B+, 10 mi), Stockton (A, 16 mi), Lanark (A+, 17 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.