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On crimes reported to the FBI by Buckingham Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A+ for safety: #61 of 578 graded towns in 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 Buckingham Township
Buckingham Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Buckingham Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Solebury Township (A), Plumstead Township (A), Doylestown Township (A−). Warwick Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Wrightstown Township and Doylestown have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Buckingham Township’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Buckingham Township’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Buckingham Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Buckingham Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Buckingham Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
58 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 54 property, as reported to the FBI by Buckingham Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Buckingham Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Buckingham Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
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 Buckingham Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Buckingham Township’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Buckingham Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Warwick Township | — | — | — |
| Solebury Township | A | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Doylestown Township | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Plumstead Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Wrightstown Township | — | — | — |
| Doylestown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Warwick Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Wrightstown Township and Doylestown have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Penn Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Murrysville | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Baldwin | A− | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| West Whiteland Township | B | 0.8 | 13.0 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Buckingham Township’s population (20,757), by grade.
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 Buckingham Township. 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 Buckingham Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,842 in 2025); our figure for Buckingham Township is 20,757 (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 Buckingham Township
Is Buckingham Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Buckingham Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #61 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 Buckingham Township?
0.2 violent and 3.1 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 crime going up or down in Buckingham Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Buckingham Township safer than Solebury Township?
Solebury Township reports more crime per resident than Buckingham Township: Solebury Township grades A for safety and Buckingham Township A+. Solebury Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 4.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Buckingham Township?
Buckingham Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Buckingham 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.