Bear Creek Township has no Safety Grade
The surrounding 10 miles hold 12 graded places to compare with. The FBI holds no crime figures for Bear Creek Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. The closest graded town is Plains Township, 6 miles away, at B−.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plains Township | B− | 6 mi | 1.2 | 14.4 |
| Pittston Township | C− | 7 mi | 2.1 | 28.8 |
| Wilkes-Barre Township | D− | 7 mi | 3.8 | 119.3 |
| Fairview Township | A+ | 8 mi | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Dupont | B | 8 mi | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| Wilkes-Barre | C− | 8 mi | 4.2 | 15.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Bear Creek Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bear Creek Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Bear Creek Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Bear Creek Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is more than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bear Creek Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bear Creek Township’s own rate (28.8) 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.
Bear Creek Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidder Township | — | — | — |
| Thornhurst Township | — | — | — |
| Jenkins Township | — | — | — |
| Fairview Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Hanover Township | B− | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| Plains Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kidder Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Thornhurst Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Jenkins Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Bear Creek Township
Is Bear Creek Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Bear Creek Township. Bear Creek Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Plains Township (B−, 6 mi), Pittston Township (C−, 7 mi), Wilkes-Barre Township (D−, 7 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Bear Creek 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.