Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Fishing Creek Township, without a grade
No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Fishing Creek Township for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade. Briar Creek Township, 5 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A). The surrounding 10 miles hold 4 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Creek Township | A | 5 mi | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| Berwick | B | 8 mi | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Scott Township | B+ | 9 mi | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Salem Township | A | 9 mi | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Bloomsburg | B− | 11 mi | 2.7 | 9.5 |
| Montour Township | A− | 14 mi | 0.9 | 3.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fishing Creek Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fishing Creek Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Fishing Creek Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Fishing Creek Township had 3 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 Fishing Creek Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fishing Creek Township’s own rate (58.8) 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.
Fishing Creek Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Creek Township | A | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| North Centre Township | — | — | — |
| Benton Township | — | — | — |
| Huntington Township | — | — | — |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | — |
| Orange Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Centre Township, Benton Township, Huntington Township, Greenwood Township and Orange 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 Fishing Creek Township
Is Fishing Creek Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fishing Creek Township. Fishing 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 Briar Creek Township (A, 5 mi), Berwick (B, 8 mi), Scott Township (B+, 9 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fishing 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.