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Safety in Smith Township · Not graded

Crime in Smith Township: the figures, without a grade

There are no FBI figures for Smith Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Goodland, 51 miles away, graded C+.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Kansas towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
GoodlandC+51 mi2.711.3
Scott CityB66 mi3.03.5
Garden CityC−101 mi5.221.1
Dodge CityC+122 mi2.711.0
HoisingtonB+124 mi1.73.7
LarnedC124 mi4.112.6

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

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

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Smith Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Smith Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.

That is more than is typical for Kansas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Smith Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Smith Township’s own rate (266.7) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
266.7
per 100,000 a year · Kansas towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.2

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

Smith Township and its neighbors

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TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 Smith Township

Is Smith Township, KS safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Smith Township. Smith Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Kansas towns with a grade are Goodland (C+, 51 mi), Scott City (B, 66 mi), Garden City (C−, 101 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.