Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Decatur Township: recorded crime, not graded
Within a 25-mile drive lie 4 towns that have a grade. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Decatur Township has nothing to grade it on. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Tyrone (B−), 15 miles away.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | B− | 15 mi | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Patton Township | B+ | 21 mi | 0.5 | 10.4 |
| Ferguson Township | A− | 21 mi | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| State College | B | 25 mi | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Logan Township | B | 25 mi | 0.3 | 12.9 |
| Altoona | C | 26 mi | 3.0 | 17.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Decatur Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Decatur Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Decatur Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Decatur Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what 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 Decatur Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Decatur Township’s own rate (16.0) 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.
Decatur Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Township | — | — | — |
| Woodward Township | — | — | — |
| Osceola Mills | — | — | — |
| Morris Township | — | — | — |
| Boggs Township | — | — | — |
| Philipsburg | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rush Township, Woodward Township, Osceola Mills, Morris Township, Boggs Township and Philipsburg 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 Decatur Township
Is Decatur Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Decatur Township. Decatur 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 Tyrone (B−, 15 mi), Patton Township (B+, 21 mi), Ferguson Township (A−, 21 mi).
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Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Decatur 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.