Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Safety in Wood River Township: figures, but no grade
For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Wood River Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Wood River, 1 mile away, graded C. The surrounding 10 miles hold 7 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood River | C | 1 mi | 2.2 | 17.2 |
| East Alton | C | 2 mi | 3.7 | 13.3 |
| Bethalto | B+ | 3 mi | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| Alton | D | 4 mi | 9.1 | 29.4 |
| South Roxana | C+ | 4 mi | 2.3 | 11.9 |
| Edwardsville | A− | 7 mi | 0.3 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wood River Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wood River Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
13 people died in crashes on Wood River Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Wood River Township had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 8.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 towns).
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.
Wood River Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | D | 9.1 | 29.4 |
| East Alton | C | 3.7 | 13.3 |
| Foster Township | — | — | — |
| Fort Russell Township | — | — | — |
| Roxana | — | — | — |
| Bethalto | B+ | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| Chouteau Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Foster Township, Fort Russell Township and Chouteau Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Roxana reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Wood River Township
Is Wood River Township, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wood River Township. Wood River 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 Wood River (C, 1 mi), East Alton (C, 2 mi), Bethalto (B+, 3 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Wood River 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.