Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainFor property crime, Bensalem Township trails 88% of U.S. towns per resident
Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 0.9 violent crime and 26.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 2.9 and 17.4 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Taking everything together, Bensalem Township scores C (#508 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. By contrast, the rate the grade counts dropped 30% from 2023 to 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 Bensalem Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Bensalem Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lower Southampton Township (B), Bristol Township (C+), Philadelphia (D−). Middletown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bensalem Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 12% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 27% 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 Bensalem 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 Bensalem Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bensalem Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bensalem Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.4 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 28.8 | 17.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 20.9 | 16.0 | 0.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bensalem Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bensalem Township’s police reported 176 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.
Crime in Bensalem 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.
1,380 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.
57 violent and 1,323 property, as reported to the FBI by Bensalem Township’s police.
34 people died in crashes on Bensalem Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Bensalem Township had 31 fatal crashes in five years, in which 34 people died; 8 were pedestrians. 9 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 towns).
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.
Bensalem Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensalem Township | C | 0.9 | 26.7 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Bristol Township | C+ | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| Middletown Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Southampton Township | B | 0.8 | 10.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Middletown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensalem Township | C | 0.9 | 26.7 |
| Haverford Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Millcreek Township | B | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| Scranton | C | 3.1 | 13.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bensalem Township’s population (62,783), 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 Bensalem 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 Bensalem Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (63,183 in 2025); our figure for Bensalem Township is 62,783 (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 Bensalem Township
Is Bensalem Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bensalem Township reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #508 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 Bensalem Township?
0.9 violent and 26.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Bensalem Township in 2025?
Bensalem Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bensalem Township safer than Philadelphia?
Philadelphia reports more crime per resident than Bensalem Township: Philadelphia grades D− for safety and Bensalem Township C. Philadelphia’s police reported 9.0 violent and 46.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bensalem Township?
Bensalem Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bensalem Township”. 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.