Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Bethel Park than in 83% of U.S. towns
6 of the 7 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. The rate the grade counts dropped 32% from 2023 to 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crimes Bethel Park’s police reported put it at A− for safety: #239 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Behind the grade sit 0.5 violent crime and 6.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 Bethel Park
6 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Bethel Park’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: South Park Township (A), Castle Shannon (A), Whitehall (A), Mount Lebanon (A−), Peters Township (A−), Baldwin (A−), Upper St. Clair Township (B+). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bethel Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 78% 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 Bethel Park’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bethel Park property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bethel Park violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.5 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 6.3 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.8 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 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 | Bethel Park | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bethel Park’s police reported 53 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Bethel Park 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
199 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.
14 violent and 185 property, as reported to the FBI by Bethel Park’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Bethel Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Bethel Park had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Bethel Park’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bethel Park’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.
Bethel Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| South Park Township | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Upper St. Clair Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Baldwin | A− | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Peters Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| Castle Shannon | A | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Mount Lebanon | A− | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| Whitehall | A | 0.6 | 3.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| North Huntingdon Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.9 |
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Warminster Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bethel Park’s population (32,074), 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 Bethel Park. 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 Bethel Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,097 in 2025); our figure for Bethel Park is 32,074 (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 Bethel Park
Is Bethel Park, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bethel Park reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #239 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Bethel Park?
0.5 violent and 6.9 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 Bethel Park in 2025?
Bethel Park’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Bethel Park safer than South Park Township?
South Park Township reports less crime per resident than Bethel Park: South Park Township grades A for safety and Bethel Park A−. South Park Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bethel Park?
Bethel Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bethel Park”. 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.