Stephenson-Campbell House · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cecil Township reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Cecil Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A+ for safety: #36 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 Cecil Township
Cecil Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Cecil Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Chartiers Township (A), North Strabane Township (A), Canonsburg (A), South Fayette Township (A), Peters Township (A−). Robinson Township and Mount Pleasant Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. McDonald reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Cecil Township has 13,728 jobs based in town for 15,190 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cecil 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Cecil Township’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 | Cecil Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 1 property crime 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 | Cecil Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Cecil Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
17 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 11 property, as reported to the FBI by Cecil 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 Cecil Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Cecil 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 Cecil Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cecil Township’s own rate (4.0) 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.
Cecil Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Peters Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| Chartiers Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| North Strabane Township | A | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Robinson Township | — | — | — |
| Canonsburg | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| McDonald | — | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | — | — | — |
| South Fayette Township | A | 0.7 | 2.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Robinson Township and Mount Pleasant Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. McDonald reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Franklin Park | A+ | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Newtown Township | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Upper Southampton Township | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| East Whiteland Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Caln Township | C+ | 2.1 | 14.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Cecil Township’s population (15,190), 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 Cecil 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 Cecil Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,236 in 2025); our figure for Cecil Township is 15,190 (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 Cecil Township
Is Cecil Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cecil Township reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #36 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.3 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 Cecil Township?
0.3 violent and 1.6 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 crime going up or down in Cecil Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Cecil Township safer than Peters Township?
Peters Township reports more crime per resident than Cecil Township: Peters Township grades A− for safety and Cecil Township A+. Peters Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 2.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cecil Township?
Cecil Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cecil 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.