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Safety in Parker Township · Not graded

Parker Township goes ungraded: its recorded crime

Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3. The closest graded town is Lennox, 11 miles away, at A−. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Parker Township has nothing to grade it on.

0graded towns within 10 mi
Nearest with figures

The nearest South Dakota towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
LennoxA−11 mi1.52.6
TeaB15 mi1.410.3
Sioux FallsD21 mi4.425.1
CantonB−27 mi2.210.5
BeresfordB−27 mi1.810.4
YanktonC37 mi2.719.4

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Parker Township’s roads in 2019–2023

That is about what is typical for South Dakota towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Parker Township’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Parker Township’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · South Dakota towns of 2,500–5,000: 0.0

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

Parker Township and its neighbors

Germantown Township: not gradedMarion Township: not gradedBrothersfield Township: not gradedHurley Township: not gradedGermantown TownshipMarion TownshipBrothersfield TownshipHurley TownshipParker Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 Parker Township

Is Parker Township, SD safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Parker Township. Parker Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest South Dakota towns with a grade are Lennox (A−, 11 mi), Tea (B, 15 mi), Sioux Falls (D, 21 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.