Safety in Gaines Township, PA: what is reported
The closest graded town is Westfield, 12 miles away, at B+. Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade. Gaines Township’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade.
4 crimes reported in 2025
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 4 property, as reported to the FBI by Gaines Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | B+ | 12 mi | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| Wellsboro | A− | 13 mi | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| Mansfield | A+ | 25 mi | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Renovo | D | 31 mi | 4.4 | 32.7 |
| Shinglehouse | A+ | 36 mi | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Port Allegany | A+ | 37 mi | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Gaines Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Gaines Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Gaines Township’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Gaines Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Gaines 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.
Gaines Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- One number for all of Gaines Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Gaines Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (602 in 2025); our figure for Gaines Township is 596 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Gaines Township
Is Gaines Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Gaines Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Westfield (B+, 12 mi), Wellsboro (A−, 13 mi), Mansfield (A+, 25 mi).
Who polices Gaines Township?
Gaines Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Gaines Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Gaines Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.