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Safety in Nicholson Township · Not graded

Safety in Nicholson Township: figures, but no grade

For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Masontown (C), 3 miles away. Nicholson Township reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade. There are 4 graded towns within 10 miles.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
MasontownC3 mi4.58.6
German TownshipA5 mi1.40.9
Cumberland TownshipB−9 mi1.710.0
UniontownD−10 mi10.431.0
Redstone TownshipA+11 mi0.40.6
Luzerne TownshipA+12 mi0.00.0

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Nicholson Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Nicholson Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person 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 Nicholson Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Nicholson Township’s own rate (14.1) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
14.1
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

Nicholson Township and its neighbors

Springhill Township: not gradedGerman Township: Safety Grade AGeorges Township: not gradedMonongahela Township: not gradedGreensboro: not gradedSpringhill TownshipGerman TownshipGeorges TownshipMonongahela TownshipGreensboroNicholson Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Springhill Township———
German TownshipA1.40.9
Georges Township———
Monongahela Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Springhill Township, Georges Township and Monongahela 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 Nicholson Township

Is Nicholson Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Nicholson Township. Nicholson 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 Masontown (C, 3 mi), German Township (A, 5 mi), Cumberland Township (B−, 9 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.