Photo: Smallbones at en.wikipedia · Public domainCrime and safety in Darby Township, PA
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Folcroft, 1 mile away, graded C−. Nearby, 32 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. There are no FBI figures for Darby Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from.
For every 1,000 residents, about 20 property crimes reported
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 about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Darby Township’s police reported
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| Year | Darby Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Darby Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 30.2 | not reported | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 19.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 5.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 19.7 | 16.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Pennsylvania. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
205 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.
22 violent and 183 property, as reported to the FBI by Darby Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folcroft | C− | 1 mi | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| Sharon Hill | C | 1 mi | 2.8 | 19.9 |
| Glenolden | C+ | 1 mi | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| Collingdale | C− | 2 mi | 3.8 | 18.6 |
| Norwood | A | 2 mi | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Darby | D | 2 mi | 9.5 | 24.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Darby Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Darby Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Darby Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Darby Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Darby Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Darby Township’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Darby Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Sharon Hill | C | 2.8 | 19.9 |
| Folcroft | C− | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Collingdale | C− | 3.8 | 18.6 |
| Glenolden | C+ | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| Upper Darby Township | C− | 2.5 | 30.7 |
| Colwyn | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Colwyn has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Darby 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 Darby Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,274 in 2025); our figure for Darby Township is 9,206 (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 Darby Township
Is Darby Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Darby Township. Darby Township 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 Folcroft (C−, 1 mi), Sharon Hill (C, 1 mi), Glenolden (C+, 1 mi).
Who polices Darby Township?
Darby Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Darby Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Darby Township.
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.