Y Covered Bridge No. 156 · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0What is recorded in Sugarloaf Township, and why there is no grade
Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Sugarloaf Township has nothing to grade it on. Briar Creek Township, 13 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A). A 25-mile circle around it holds 23 towns with a grade.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Creek Township | A | 13 mi | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| Salem Township | A | 15 mi | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Berwick | B | 16 mi | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Scott Township | B+ | 17 mi | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Harveys Lake | A+ | 18 mi | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Newport Township | A | 18 mi | 1.0 | 1.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sugarloaf Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sugarloaf Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Sugarloaf Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Sugarloaf 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 Sugarloaf Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sugarloaf Township’s own rate (16.8) 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.
Sugarloaf Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Benton Township has no FBI figures of its 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 Sugarloaf Township
Is Sugarloaf Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sugarloaf Township. Sugarloaf 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, 13 mi), Salem Township (A, 15 mi), Berwick (B, 16 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.