Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5Aston Township reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Aston Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #253 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania.
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 Aston Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Aston Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Bethel Township (A), Upper Chichester Township (C+), Brookhaven (C), Chester Township (C−). Middletown Township, Chester Heights and Concord Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Aston Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 56% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 77% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Aston Township is home to Neumann University, with 1,914 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Aston Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Aston Township’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Aston Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Aston Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Aston Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
102 crimes reported in 2025
11 violent and 91 property, as reported to the FBI by Aston Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
One person died in crashes on Aston Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Aston Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Aston Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Aston Township’s own rate (1.2) 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.
Aston Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Middletown Township | — | — | — |
| Chester Township | C− | 4.0 | 17.8 |
| Chester Heights | — | — | — |
| Brookhaven | C | 1.1 | 23.5 |
| Upper Chichester Township | C+ | 1.6 | 14.9 |
| Concord Township | — | — | — |
| Bethel Township | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Middletown Township, Chester Heights and Concord Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| Forks Township | A | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Hilltown Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| Scott Township | A− | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Butler Township | B− | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| Hanover | C | 1.2 | 23.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Aston Township’s population (16,760), by grade.
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 Aston Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Aston Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,850 in 2025); our figure for Aston Township is 16,760 (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 Aston Township
Is Aston Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Aston Township reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #253 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.7 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 Aston Township?
0.7 violent and 6.5 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.
Is crime going up or down in Aston Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Aston Township safer than Chester Township?
Chester Township reports more crime per resident than Aston Township: Chester Township grades C− for safety and Aston Township A−. Chester Township’s police reported 4.0 violent and 17.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Aston Township?
Aston Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Aston Township Police Department”. 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.