Tippecanoe Battlefield · Photo: Jim Hammer from Lafayette, Indiana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Policing and crime in Fairfield Township, IN
The closest graded town is Lafayette, 2 miles away, at C−. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Fairfield Township has none for 2023–2025. The surrounding 10 miles hold 2 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | C− | 2 mi | 5.0 | 19.4 |
| West Lafayette | B | 4 mi | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| Frankfort | B | 20 mi | 0.9 | 11.0 |
| Crawfordsville | B | 27 mi | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| Lebanon | B− | 34 mi | 2.8 | 9.1 |
| Logansport | B | 34 mi | 0.7 | 13.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fairfield Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fairfield Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
22 people died in crashes on Fairfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Fairfield Township had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 22 people died; 7 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Fairfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Township | — | — | — |
| Wabash Township | — | — | — |
| Wea Township | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Union Township | — | — | — |
| Shadeland | — | — | — |
| Lafayette | C− | 5.0 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tippecanoe Township, Wabash Township, Wea Township, Perry Township, Washington Township, Union Township and Shadeland 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.
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 Fairfield Township
Is Fairfield Township, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fairfield Township. Fairfield 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 Lafayette (C−, 2 mi), West Lafayette (B, 4 mi), Frankfort (B, 20 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fairfield 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.