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Safety in West Cameron Township · Not graded

Safety in West Cameron Township, PA: what is reported

The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and West Cameron Township has none for 2023–2025. Count 4 graded towns in the 10 miles around. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Shamokin, 7 miles away, graded B−.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
ShamokinB−7 mi2.87.7
Coal TownshipB8 mi0.812.4
Ralpho TownshipA+9 mi0.03.6
SunburyA−10 mi1.03.8
SelinsgroveA11 mi0.53.5
KulpmontB+11 mi0.29.7

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

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

On the roads

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

West Cameron 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 West Cameron Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Cameron Township’s own rate (35.9) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
35.9
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

West Cameron Township and its neighbors

Zerbe Township: not gradedUpper Mahanoy Township: not gradedCoal Township: Safety Grade BEast Cameron Township: not gradedLittle Mahanoy Township: not gradedZerbe TownshipUpper Mahanoy TownshipCoal TownshipEast Cameron TownshipLittle Mahanoy TownshipWest Cameron Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Zerbe Township———
Coal TownshipB0.812.4

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Zerbe Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 West Cameron Township

Is West Cameron Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for West Cameron Township. West Cameron 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 Shamokin (B−, 7 mi), Coal Township (B, 8 mi), Ralpho Township (A+, 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.