Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Churchill records less property crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Churchill’s letter overall is A− (#198 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 1.1 violent crimes and 3.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. On top of that, the crimes the grade counts fell 24% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Churchill
Churchill reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Churchill’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Forest Hills (B+), Wilkinsburg (D). Wilkins Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Penn Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Churchill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 83% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Churchill’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
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| Year | Churchill | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Churchill’s police reported 10 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Churchill property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Churchill violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.3 | 19.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 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 Churchill 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.
12 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 12 property, as reported to the FBI by Churchill’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Churchill’s roads in 2019–2023
Churchill had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Churchill’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Churchill’s own rate (19.4) 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.
Churchill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | A− | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Wilkins Township | — | — | — |
| Penn Hills | — | — | — |
| Forest Hills | B+ | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| Wilkinsburg | D | 6.4 | 20.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wilkins Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Penn Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill | A− | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Mahanoy Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Orwigsburg | A− | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Pymatuning Township | B | 1.4 | 10.1 |
| Harmar Township | C | 1.9 | 20.6 |
| Edgewood | C | 1.6 | 25.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Churchill’s population (3,014), 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 Churchill. 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 Churchill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,007 in 2025); our figure for Churchill is 3,014 (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 Churchill
Is Churchill, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Churchill reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #198 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.1 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 Churchill?
1.1 violent and 3.0 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 Churchill safer than Forest Hills?
Forest Hills reports more crime per resident than Churchill: Forest Hills grades B+ for safety and Churchill A−. Forest Hills’s police reported 1.1 violent and 8.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Churchill?
Churchill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Churchill”. 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.