St. Patrick's Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNo grade for Clay Township, but its recorded crime is here
Nearby, 2 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. The FBI holds no crime figures for Clay Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is South Bend (D), 4 miles away.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Clay Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Clay Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
17 people died in crashes on Clay Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Clay Township had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Indiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (8.1, 86 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.
Clay Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Township | — | — | — |
| German Township | — | — | — |
| Penn Township | — | — | — |
| Harris Township | — | — | — |
| Notre Dame | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Portage Township, German Township, Penn Township and Harris Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Notre Dame is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Clay Township
Is Clay Township, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Clay Township. Clay Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Indiana towns with a grade are South Bend (D, 4 mi), Mishawaka (C−, 5 mi), Bristol (C−, 20 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Clay 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.