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Safety in West Hemlock Township · Not graded

West Hemlock Township has no grade of its own; Mahoning Township, 5 miles away, is the nearest that does

A 10-mile radius takes in 6 places that are graded. West Hemlock Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Mahoning TownshipB+5 mi2.13.5
DanvilleC5 mi4.213.0
Montour TownshipA−6 mi0.93.5
RiversideA6 mi0.52.8
BloomsburgB−7 mi2.79.5
Scott TownshipB+9 mi0.49.5

Straight-line distance from the center of West Hemlock Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Hemlock 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 Hemlock Township’s roads in 2019–2023

West Hemlock 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 Hemlock 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 Hemlock Township’s own rate (40.8) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
40.8
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 Hemlock Township and its neighbors

Derry Township: not gradedValley Township: not gradedHemlock Township: not gradedMadison Township: not gradedCooper Township: not gradedDerry TownshipValley TownshipHemlock TownshipMadison TownshipCooper TownshipWest Hemlock Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Derry Township———
Valley Township———
Hemlock Township———
Madison Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Derry Township, Valley Township and Madison Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Hemlock Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.

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 Hemlock Township

Is West Hemlock Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for West Hemlock Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Mahoning Township (B+, 5 mi), Danville (C, 5 mi), Montour Township (A−, 6 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.