Photo: Mvincec · Public domainRecorded crime in Beaver Falls is close to typical for U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Each year brought 1.7 violent crimes and 12.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania). Overall, Beaver Falls grades B− for safety (#431 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025.
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 Beaver Falls
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Beaver Falls’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: North Sewickley Township (A), New Brighton (C−). West Mayfield, Big Beaver, White Township and Daugherty Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Beaver Falls’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 25% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 48% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Beaver Falls is home to Geneva College, with 1,168 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 14% 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 ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Beaver Falls’ 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Beaver Falls | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Beaver Falls’ police reported 61 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Beaver Falls 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
How crime in Beaver Falls has moved
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| Year | Beaver Falls property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Beaver Falls violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.7 | 19.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 17.4 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 16.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
172 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.
28 violent and 144 property, as reported to the FBI by Beaver Falls’ police.
Two people died in crashes on Beaver Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
Beaver Falls had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what 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 Beaver Falls’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Beaver Falls’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Beaver Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Falls | B− | 1.7 | 12.4 |
| West Mayfield | — | — | — |
| Big Beaver | — | — | — |
| White Township | — | — | — |
| Daugherty Township | — | — | — |
| North Sewickley Township | A | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| New Brighton | C− | 4.7 | 15.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Mayfield, Big Beaver, White Township and Daugherty Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Falls | B− | 1.7 | 12.4 |
| Brighton Township | A+ | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| O'Hara Township | A+ | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Carbondale | A | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Bushkill Township | A− | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| Collingdale | C− | 3.8 | 18.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Beaver Falls’ population (8,832), 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 Beaver Falls. 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 Beaver Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,683 in 2025); our figure for Beaver Falls is 8,832 (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 Beaver Falls
Is Beaver Falls, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Beaver Falls reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #431 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.7 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 Beaver Falls?
1.7 violent and 12.4 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.
Is Beaver Falls safer than North Sewickley Township?
North Sewickley Township reports less crime per resident than Beaver Falls: North Sewickley Township grades A for safety and Beaver Falls B−. North Sewickley Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 2.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Beaver Falls?
Beaver Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Beaver Falls”. 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.