Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 3.0Safety in Winfield Township, IN: what is reported
The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Winfield Township has none for 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Crown Point, 5 miles away, at A−. The surrounding 10 miles hold 3 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Point | A− | 5 mi | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Hobart | C | 9 mi | 1.3 | 21.9 |
| Cedar Lake | A | 10 mi | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Lowell | A+ | 11 mi | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| St. John | A+ | 12 mi | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Schererville | B | 12 mi | 0.9 | 12.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Winfield Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Winfield Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Winfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Winfield Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Winfield Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Winfield Township’s own rate (3.0) 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.
Winfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | — | — | — |
| Porter Township | — | — | — |
| Winfield | — | — | — |
| Eagle Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Boone Township | — | — | — |
| Ross Township | — | — | — |
| Merrillville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Center Township, Porter Township, Winfield, Eagle Creek Township, Boone Township and Ross 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 Winfield Township
Is Winfield Township, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Winfield Township. Winfield 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 Crown Point (A−, 5 mi), Hobart (C, 9 mi), Cedar Lake (A, 10 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Winfield 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.