Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0In Bridgeport, the kinds of crime the grade counts rose 54% per resident from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 66% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 18%. Violence and property crime split as 1.1 violent crimes and 22.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Still, the overall Safety Grade is C (#494 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), which means more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported 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 Bridgeport
Bridgeport reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on Bridgeport’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Norristown (C−), Upper Merion Township (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bridgeport’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 15% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Bridgeport’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bridgeport’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bridgeport property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bridgeport violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 31.8 | 16.0 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Bridgeport | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bridgeport’s police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Bridgeport 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.
181 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.
6 violent and 175 property, as reported to the FBI by Bridgeport’s police.
No one died in a crash on Bridgeport’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Bridgeport’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bridgeport’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Bridgeport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | C | 1.1 | 22.8 |
| Upper Merion Township | C− | 0.9 | 35.0 |
| Norristown | C− | 4.5 | 18.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | C | 1.1 | 22.8 |
| Bellefonte | A+ | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cambria Township | B+ | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| Edinboro | B− | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| Crafton | C+ | 1.7 | 18.1 |
| Plymouth | D | 10.2 | 23.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bridgeport’s population (5,758), 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 Bridgeport. 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 Bridgeport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,502 in 2025); our figure for Bridgeport is 5,758 (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 Bridgeport
Is Bridgeport, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bridgeport reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #494 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.1 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 Bridgeport?
1.1 violent and 22.8 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 Bridgeport safer than Upper Merion Township?
Upper Merion Township reports more crime per resident than Bridgeport: Upper Merion Township grades C− for safety and Bridgeport C. Upper Merion Township’s police reported 0.9 violent and 35.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bridgeport?
Bridgeport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bridgeport”. 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.