Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 75% per resident in Bryn Athyn from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Bryn Athyn grades A for safety: less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Property crime ran at 6.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 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 Bryn Athyn
Bryn Athyn reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on Bryn Athyn’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lower Moreland Township (B+), Upper Moreland Township (C+). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Bryn Athyn is home to Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, with 279 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 20% 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 ↓
A job center
Bryn Athyn has 904 jobs based in town for 1,304 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Bryn Athyn’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 | Bryn Athyn property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bryn Athyn violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.1 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 8.4 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
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.
Crime in Bryn Athyn 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
3 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.
0 violent and 3 property, as reported to the FBI by Bryn Athyn’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bryn Athyn | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bryn Athyn’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
One person died in crashes on Bryn Athyn’s roads in 2019–2023
Bryn Athyn had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bryn Athyn’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bryn Athyn’s own rate (17.5) 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.
Bryn Athyn and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn | A | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn | A | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Waymart | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Montrose | A+ | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Smethport | A+ | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Montour Township | A− | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| Middleburg | B− | 2.8 | 7.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bryn Athyn’s population (1,304), 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 Bryn Athyn. 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 Bryn Athyn’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,325 in 2025); our figure for Bryn Athyn is 1,304 (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 Bryn Athyn
Is Bryn Athyn, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bryn Athyn reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 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 Bryn Athyn?
0.0 violent and 6.6 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.
Is Bryn Athyn safer than Lower Moreland Township?
Lower Moreland Township reports more crime per resident than Bryn Athyn: Lower Moreland Township grades B+ for safety and Bryn Athyn A. Lower Moreland Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 9.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bryn Athyn?
Bryn Athyn’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bryn Athyn”. 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.