Photo: Smallbones · Public domainBristol Township records more property crime per head than two in three U.S. towns
Bristol Township’s overall Safety Grade is C+ (#459 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, its police logs show 1.6 violent crimes and 15.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Pennsylvania the numbers are 2.9 and 17.5. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 Bristol Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Bristol Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Bristol (B), Falls Township (B−), Bensalem Township (C). Middletown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Tullytown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bristol Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 21% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bristol 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 Bristol Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.6) 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 | Bristol Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bristol Township’s police reported 259 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Bristol 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Bristol Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bristol Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 15.0 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
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.
899 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.
85 violent and 814 property, as reported to the FBI by Bristol Township’s police.
37 people died in crashes on Bristol Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Bristol Township had 35 fatal crashes in five years, in which 37 people died; 10 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 13.7 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.
Bristol Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Township | C+ | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| Bristol | B | 0.8 | 13.2 |
| Bensalem Township | C | 0.9 | 26.7 |
| Middletown Township | — | — | — |
| Falls Township | B− | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| Tullytown | — | — | — |
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. Tullytown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Township | C+ | 1.6 | 15.6 |
| Haverford Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Millcreek Township | B | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| York | C− | 5.0 | 18.7 |
| Harrisburg | D | 8.2 | 19.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bristol Township’s population (54,063), 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 Bristol 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 Bristol Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (54,120 in 2025); our figure for Bristol Township is 54,063 (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 Bristol Township
Is Bristol Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bristol Township reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #459 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.6 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 Bristol Township?
1.6 violent and 15.6 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 Bristol Township in 2025?
Bristol Township’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 Bristol Township safer than Bristol?
Bristol reports less crime per resident than Bristol Township: Bristol grades B for safety and Bristol Township C+. Bristol’s police reported 0.8 violent and 13.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bristol Township?
Bristol Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bristol 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.