Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Cranberry Township reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Cranberry Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #213 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 Cranberry Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Cranberry Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Adams Township (A+), Jackson Township (A−), Economy (A−). Seven Fields and Marshall Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Cranberry Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 63% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 81% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Cranberry Township has 26,553 jobs based in town for 35,244 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Cranberry 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
Cranberry Township’s police reported 21 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 | Cranberry Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Cranberry Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Cranberry Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.8 | 30.5 | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 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.
299 crimes reported in 2025
9 violent and 290 property, as reported to the FBI by Cranberry 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.
Seven people died in crashes on Cranberry Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Cranberry Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Cranberry Township’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cranberry Township’s own rate (4.1) 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.
Cranberry Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Township | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Seven Fields | — | — | — |
| Adams Township | A+ | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| New Sewickley Township | — | — | — |
| Marshall Township | — | — | — |
| Economy | A− | 0.3 | 7.4 |
| Jackson Township | A− | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Seven Fields and Marshall Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Township | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Lower Makefield Township | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Falls Township | B− | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| Norristown | C− | 4.5 | 18.9 |
| Chester | D | 8.4 | 20.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Cranberry Township’s population (35,244), 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 Cranberry 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 Cranberry Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (35,475 in 2025); our figure for Cranberry Township is 35,244 (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 Cranberry Township
Is Cranberry Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cranberry Township reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #213 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 Cranberry Township?
0.2 violent and 7.2 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 Cranberry Township?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Cranberry Township in 2025?
Cranberry Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Cranberry Township safer than Adams Township?
Adams Township reports less crime per resident than Cranberry Township: Adams Township grades A+ for safety and Cranberry Township A−. Adams Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 0.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cranberry Township?
Cranberry Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cranberry 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.