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Safety in Chester Hill · Not graded

Crime in Chester Hill: the figures, without a grade

Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade. There are no FBI figures for Chester Hill by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Tyrone, 15 miles away, graded B−.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
TyroneB−15 mi1.212.0
Patton TownshipB+17 mi0.510.4
Ferguson TownshipA−18 mi0.74.2
State CollegeB21 mi1.67.9
BellefonteA+24 mi0.10.1
Spring TownshipA+26 mi0.21.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Chester Hill. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chester Hill.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Chester Hill’s roads in 2019–2023

Chester Hill 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 Chester Hill’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chester Hill’s own rate (25.4) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
25.4
per 100,000 a year · Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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.

Next door

Chester Hill and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Philipsburg———
Rush Township———
Decatur Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Philipsburg, Rush Township and Decatur Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Chester Hill

Is Chester Hill, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Chester Hill. Chester Hill has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Tyrone (B−, 15 mi), Patton Township (B+, 17 mi), Ferguson Township (A−, 18 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.