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Safety in Elk Township · Not graded

No grade for Elk Township, but its recorded crime is here

For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Warren (C), 12 miles away. Within a 25-mile drive lie 6 towns that have a grade. Elk Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
WarrenC12 mi4.911.1
Conewango TownshipC−13 mi3.326.5
BradfordD17 mi9.128.4
Foster TownshipB18 mi0.312.1
YoungsvilleC+19 mi4.44.2
KaneA22 mi0.06.1

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

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

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Elk Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Elk Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three 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 Elk Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elk Township’s own rate (132.5) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
132.5
per 100,000 a year · Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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

Elk Township and its neighbors

Mead Township: not gradedGlade Township: not gradedPine Grove Township: not gradedMead TownshipGlade TownshipPine Grove TownshipElk Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Mead Township———
Glade Township———
Pine Grove Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mead Township, Glade Township and Pine Grove 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.

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 Elk Township

Is Elk Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Elk Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Warren (C, 12 mi), Conewango Township (C−, 13 mi), Bradford (D, 17 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.