Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Safety in Porter Township, PA: what is reported
A 10-mile radius takes in 2 places that are graded. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Porter Township has none for 2023–2025. Mill Hall, 5 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A+).
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hall | A+ | 5 mi | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Lock Haven | C+ | 8 mi | 2.4 | 13.0 |
| Spring Township | A+ | 15 mi | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Bellefonte | A+ | 16 mi | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Armagh Township | A | 19 mi | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Renovo | D | 25 mi | 4.4 | 32.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Porter Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Porter Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Porter Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Porter Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Porter Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Porter Township’s own rate (27.1) 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.
Porter Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | — |
| Lamar Township | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Liberty Township, Lamar Township and Marion 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 Porter Township
Is Porter Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Porter Township. Porter 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 Mill Hall (A+, 5 mi), Lock Haven (C+, 8 mi), Spring Township (A+, 15 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Porter 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.