The police behind Rader Creek’s crime figures
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Deer Lodge, 43 miles away, graded C+. Rader Creek has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Rader Creek alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Rader Creek
Policed by the county
Rader Creek is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Rader Creek. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Montana towns with their own police figures are Deer Lodge (C+, 43 mi), Dillon (B−, 46 mi), Manhattan (B, 47 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rader Creek. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own, which include Rader Creek.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Montana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lodge | C+ | 43 mi | 3.7 | 8.1 |
| Dillon | B− | 46 mi | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| Manhattan | B | 47 mi | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Helena | D | 54 mi | 5.9 | 28.2 |
| East Helena | C | 54 mi | 4.1 | 15.1 |
| Belgrade | C | 55 mi | 3.2 | 13.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Rader Creek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Rader Creek.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Rader Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
Rader Creek had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Montana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rader Creek’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rader Creek’s own rate (64.5) 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.
Rader Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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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.
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 Rader Creek
Is Rader Creek, MT safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Rader Creek. The nearest Montana towns with a grade are Deer Lodge (C+, 43 mi), Dillon (B−, 46 mi), Manhattan (B, 47 mi).
Who polices Rader Creek?
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Rader Creek is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own.
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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.