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Safety in Dickinson Township · Not graded

Safety in Dickinson Township: figures, but no grade

Widen the search to 25 miles and 29 graded towns turn up. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Carlisle (B−), 8 miles away. No FBI crime figures of its own exist for Dickinson Township for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CarlisleB−8 mi1.811.6
Latimore TownshipA+11 mi0.22.6
North Middleton TownshipA−11 mi0.75.0
BiglervilleA11 mi0.54.5
Carroll TownshipA+13 mi0.32.4
Middlesex TownshipB−13 mi1.910.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Dickinson Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dickinson Township.

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

On the roads

Five people died in crashes on Dickinson Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Dickinson Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.

That is more than 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 Dickinson Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dickinson Township’s own rate (18.6) is context, not a ranking.

5
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
18.6
per 100,000 a year · Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000: 5.8

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

Dickinson Township and its neighbors

West Pennsboro Township: not gradedSouth Middleton Township: not gradedPenn Township: not gradedCooke Township: not gradedWest Pennsboro TownshipSouth Middleton TownshipPenn TownshipCooke TownshipDickinson Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
West Pennsboro Township———
South Middleton Township———
Penn Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Pennsboro Township, South Middleton Township and Penn 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 Dickinson Township

Is Dickinson Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Dickinson Township. Dickinson 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 Carlisle (B−, 8 mi), Latimore Township (A+, 11 mi), North Middleton Township (A−, 11 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.