Photo: Eric Lewis · CC BY-SA 2.0Caln Township has more property crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns
Among its 6 neighbors with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. On top of that, from 2023 to 2025, crimes Caln Township’s police reported put it at C+ for safety: #464 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Its police logs show 2.1 violent crimes and 14.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Pennsylvania the numbers are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Caln Township
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Caln Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: East Fallowfield Township (A+), East Brandywine Township (A+), West Brandywine Township (A), Valley Township (A−), Downingtown (C+), Coatesville (C−). East Caln Township and West Bradford Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Caln Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 40% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Caln 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.4) 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 | Caln Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Caln Township’s police reported 97 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 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 Caln 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 | Caln Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Caln Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.3 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 12.7 | 17.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
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.
252 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.
34 violent and 218 property, as reported to the FBI by Caln Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Caln Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Caln Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is more than 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 Caln Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Caln Township’s own rate (10.9) 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.
Caln Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caln Township | C+ | 2.1 | 14.4 |
| Downingtown | C+ | 0.7 | 21.8 |
| East Caln Township | — | — | — |
| East Brandywine Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Valley Township | A− | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Coatesville | C− | 6.3 | 16.5 |
| West Bradford Township | — | — | — |
| West Brandywine Township | A | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| East Fallowfield Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Caln Township and West Bradford Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caln Township | C+ | 2.1 | 14.4 |
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Newtown Township | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Upper Southampton Township | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| East Whiteland Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Washington Township | B | 0.8 | 11.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Caln Township’s population (15,287), 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 Caln 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 Caln Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,405 in 2025); our figure for Caln Township is 15,287 (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 Caln Township
Is Caln Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Caln Township reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #464 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.1 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 Caln Township?
2.1 violent and 14.4 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 Caln Township safer than Downingtown?
Downingtown reports more crime per resident than Caln Township: Downingtown grades C+ for safety and Caln Township C+. Downingtown’s police reported 0.7 violent and 21.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Caln Township?
Caln Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Caln 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.