Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPer resident, Cresson Township records less crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
On violence it beats 66% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 98%. A Safety Grade of A follows from crimes Cresson Township’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #109 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Behind the grade sit 1.1 violent crimes and 1.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 Cresson Township
Cresson Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on Cresson Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Allegheny Township (C−). Allegheny Township (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Cresson Township is home to Mount Aloysius College, with 2,880 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 22% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cresson 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
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| Year | Cresson Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cresson Township’s police reported 9 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.
Crime in Cresson 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, 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 | Cresson Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Cresson Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 19.1 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 17.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 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.
2 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.
1 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Cresson Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on Cresson Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Cresson Township 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 Cresson Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cresson Township’s own rate (7.1) 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.
Cresson Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresson Township | A | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Allegheny Township (township) | C− | 1.1 | 30.8 |
| Allegheny Township (township) | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Allegheny Township (township) has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresson Township | A | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| North Hopewell Township | A | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Bedford | A− | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| Union City | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Morton | C+ | 1.3 | 17.4 |
| Homestead | D− | 8.3 | 89.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Cresson Township’s population (2,809), 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 Cresson 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 Cresson Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,814 in 2025); our figure for Cresson Township is 2,809 (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 Cresson Township
Is Cresson Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cresson Township reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #109 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 Cresson Township?
1.1 violent and 1.1 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 Cresson Township safer than Allegheny Township?
Allegheny Township reports more crime per resident than Cresson Township: Allegheny Township grades C− for safety and Cresson Township A. Allegheny Township’s police reported 1.1 violent and 30.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cresson Township?
Cresson Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cresson 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.