First Presbyterian Church · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Crime and safety in Elkland Township, MI
The closest graded town is Cass City, 2 miles away, at B−. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Elkland Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade. Widen the search to 25 miles and 6 graded towns turn up.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Elkland Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Elkland Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Elkland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Michigan towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (12.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Elkland Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elkland Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Elkland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novesta Township | — | — | — |
| Elmwood Township | — | — | — |
| Cass City | B− | 2.8 | 8.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Novesta Township and Elmwood 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 Elkland Township
Is Elkland Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Elkland Township. Elkland 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 Cass City (B−, 2 mi), Pigeon (A+, 15 mi), Bad Axe (B−, 15 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Elkland 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.