Paw Paw City Hall · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Safety in Paw Paw Township, MI: what is reported
The closest Safety Grade belongs to Paw Paw: D. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Paw Paw Township has none for 2023–2025.
The nearest Michigan towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Paw Paw Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Paw Paw Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Paw Paw Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Paw Paw Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 28.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Michigan towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 309 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.
Paw Paw Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Township | — | — | — |
| Antwerp Township | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | — | — | — |
| Decatur Township | — | — | — |
| Paw Paw | D | 5.0 | 43.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Waverly Township, Antwerp Township, Lawrence Township and Decatur 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 Paw Paw Township
Is Paw Paw Township, MI safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Paw Paw Township. Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw (D, 3 mi), Lawrence (B−, 6 mi), Decatur (C−, 7 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Paw Paw 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.