Acres, The (Additional Documentation) · Photo: User:Jaydec · CC BY-SA 3.0Charleston Township has no grade of its own; Battle Creek, 6 miles away, is the nearest that does
Inside a 10-mile circle, only Battle Creek carries a grade. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Charleston Township has none for 2023–2025. Widen the search to 25 miles and 13 graded towns turn up.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Creek | D− | 6 mi | 11.5 | 26.0 |
| Emmett Township | D | 12 mi | 3.5 | 45.4 |
| Kalamazoo | D− | 12 mi | 12.0 | 35.0 |
| Kalamazoo Township | D | 14 mi | 6.2 | 27.9 |
| Portage | C− | 14 mi | 2.5 | 29.1 |
| Vicksburg | C | 15 mi | 2.9 | 15.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Charleston Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Charleston Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Charleston Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Charleston Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (5 of 10) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 99.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 2,500–5,000 people (12.4, 375 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.
Charleston Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | — | — | — |
| Galesburg | — | — | — |
| Climax Township | — | — | — |
| Comstock Township | — | — | — |
| Battle Creek | D− | 11.5 | 26.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ross Township reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Galesburg, Climax Township and Comstock 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 Charleston Township
Is Charleston Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Charleston Township. Charleston Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Michigan towns with a grade are Battle Creek (D−, 6 mi), Emmett Township (D, 12 mi), Kalamazoo (D−, 12 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Charleston 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.