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Safety in Monroe Township · Not graded

What is recorded in Monroe Township, and why there is no grade

Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade. Monroe Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The closest graded town is Danville, 19 miles away, at B+.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
DanvilleB+19 mi0.97.5
BrazilC−21 mi5.417.6
CrawfordsvilleB21 mi1.88.5
PittsboroA−22 mi0.93.8
AvonC+24 mi1.118.7
PlainfieldC+25 mi1.814.9

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

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

On the roads

Five people died in crashes on Monroe Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Monroe Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.

That is more than is typical for Indiana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Monroe Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Monroe Township’s own rate (65.5) is context, not a ranking.

5
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
65.5
per 100,000 a year · Indiana towns of 2,500–5,000: 13.8

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

Monroe Township and its neighbors

Greencastle Township: not gradedFloyd Township: not gradedFranklin Township: not gradedClinton Township: not gradedGreencastle TownshipFloyd TownshipFranklin TownshipClinton TownshipMonroe Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Greencastle Township———
Floyd Township———
Franklin Township———
Clinton Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Greencastle Township, Floyd Township, Franklin Township and Clinton 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 Monroe Township

Is Monroe Township, IN safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Monroe Township. The nearest Indiana towns with a grade are Danville (B+, 19 mi), Brazil (C−, 21 mi), Crawfordsville (B, 21 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.