Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Porter Township: recorded crime, not graded
Widen the search to 25 miles and 15 graded towns turn up. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Valparaiso (B+), 8 miles away. Porter Township reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso | B+ | 8 mi | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Crown Point | A− | 11 mi | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Hobart | C | 11 mi | 1.3 | 21.9 |
| Portage | B− | 14 mi | 2.4 | 11.0 |
| Cedar Lake | A | 16 mi | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Lowell | A+ | 16 mi | 0.2 | 1.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Porter Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Porter Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Porter Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Porter Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Porter Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Porter Township’s own rate (6.2) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Porter Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | — | — | — |
| Boone Township | — | — | — |
| Morgan Township | — | — | — |
| Winfield | — | — | — |
| Union Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Winfield Township, Boone Township, Morgan Township, Winfield and Union 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.
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 Porter Township
Is Porter Township, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Porter Township. Porter 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 Valparaiso (B+, 8 mi), Crown Point (A−, 11 mi), Hobart (C, 11 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Porter 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.