Crime and safety in Union Township, IN
The FBI holds no crime figures for Union Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Hobart has a Safety Grade of C; no graded town is nearer.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | C | 6 mi | 1.3 | 21.9 |
| Valparaiso | B+ | 6 mi | 1.0 | 8.6 |
| Portage | B− | 8 mi | 2.4 | 11.0 |
| Crown Point | A− | 10 mi | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Gary | D− | 12 mi | 12.1 | 30.5 |
| Griffith | B | 13 mi | 1.3 | 9.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Union Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Union Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Union Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Union Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 21.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Indiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people (8.6, 258 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.
Union Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | — | — | — |
| Portage Township | — | — | — |
| Merrillville | — | — | — |
| Center Township | — | — | — |
| Hobart Township | — | — | — |
| Hobart | C | 1.3 | 21.9 |
| Porter Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ross Township, Portage Township, Center Township, Hobart Township and Porter Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Merrillville reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
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 Union Township
Is Union Township, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Union Township. Union 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 Hobart (C, 6 mi), Valparaiso (B+, 6 mi), Portage (B−, 8 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Union 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.