Eakin Mill Covered Bridge · Photo: tcpix · CC BY-SA 2.0Vinton Township goes ungraded: its recorded crime
A 25-mile circle around it holds 4 towns with a grade. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Vinton Township has nothing to grade it on. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Wellston (B−), 9 miles away.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellston | B− | 9 mi | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| Jackson | C− | 17 mi | 2.8 | 22.0 |
| Athens | B | 18 mi | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Nelsonville | C | 22 mi | 2.4 | 20.6 |
| Gallipolis | D | 26 mi | 4.7 | 33.2 |
| Waverly | B | 33 mi | 1.5 | 8.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Vinton Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Vinton Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Vinton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Vinton Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Vinton 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.
Vinton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Township | — | — | — |
| Clinton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Columbia Township and Clinton 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 Vinton Township
Is Vinton Township, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Vinton Township. Vinton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Wellston (B−, 9 mi), Jackson (C−, 17 mi), Athens (B, 18 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Vinton 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.