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Safety in Portage Township · Not graded

Crime reported in Portage Township, MN

Ely, 39 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B). There are no FBI figures for Portage Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Minnesota towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
ElyB39 mi1.97.7
VirginiaC−41 mi3.521.7
GilbertC45 mi3.414.3
EvelethC−45 mi3.823.1
ChisholmC45 mi2.516.2
BabbittB+47 mi2.43.4

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Portage Township’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Portage Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Portage Township’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

Portage Township and its neighbors

Leiding Township: not gradedBeatty Township: not gradedCrane Lake Township: not gradedCamp 5 Township: not gradedLeiding TownshipBeatty TownshipCrane Lake TownshipCamp 5 TownshipPortage Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
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 Portage Township

Is Portage Township, MN safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Portage Township. Portage 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 Ely (B, 39 mi), Virginia (C−, 41 mi), Gilbert (C, 45 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.