Stanley · Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Abington Township records more property crime than 78% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 26% per resident from 2023 to 2025. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Abington Township at C+ (#475 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns. Each year brought 0.9 violent crime and 20.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania). Of the 7 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of PA” is every other Pennsylvania city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Abington Township
4 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Abington Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Upper Dublin Township (A−), Lower Moreland Township (B+), Jenkintown (B+), Rockledge (B), Upper Moreland Township (C+), Cheltenham Township (D−), Philadelphia (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Abington Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Abington Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Abington Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Abington Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Abington Township’s police reported 163 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Abington Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Abington Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 20.7 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Crime in Abington Township per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,058 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
38 violent and 1,020 property, as reported to the FBI by Abington Township’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Abington Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Abington Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Abington Township’s size would see about 17 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Abington Township’s own rate (3.1) 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.
Abington Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| Jenkintown | B+ | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| Upper Dublin Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Rockledge | B | 1.0 | 9.8 |
| Cheltenham Township | D− | 2.6 | 61.6 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| Haverford Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Millcreek Township | B | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Bristol Township | C+ | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| Bensalem Township | C | 0.9 | 26.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Abington Township’s population (58,656), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Abington Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Abington Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (59,217 in 2025); our figure for Abington Township is 58,656 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Abington Township
Is Abington Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Abington Township reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #475 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Abington Township?
0.9 violent and 20.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Abington Township in 2025?
Abington Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Abington Township safer than Jenkintown?
Jenkintown reports less crime per resident than Abington Township: Jenkintown grades B+ for safety and Abington Township C+. Jenkintown’s police reported 0.6 violent and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Abington Township?
Abington Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Abington Township, Montgomery County”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.