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Safety in Brighton Township · Not graded

Crime reported in Brighton Township, MN

Brighton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade

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

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
New UlmA−7 mi0.47.8
GaylordB16 mi1.410.8
Lake CrystalB+17 mi0.96.4
St. PeterA−18 mi0.96.0
North MankatoB18 mi1.78.9
Sleepy EyeA−20 mi1.42.7

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Brighton Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Brighton Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

That is about what is typical for Minnesota towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Brighton Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Brighton Township’s own rate (131.6) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
131.6
per 100,000 a year · Minnesota towns of 2,500–5,000: 4.7

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

Brighton Township and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

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TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

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 Brighton Township

Is Brighton Township, MN safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Brighton Township. Brighton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Minnesota towns with a grade are New Ulm (A−, 7 mi), Gaylord (B, 16 mi), Lake Crystal (B+, 17 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.