Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Douglass Township than in 97% of U.S. towns
It has less violent crime than 96% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 94%. That puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crimes Douglass Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #36 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 2.2, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. The crimes the grade counts fell 61% 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 Douglass Township
Douglass Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Douglass Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: New Hanover Township (A), Upper Pottsgrove Township (A). Upper Hanover Township, Washington Township and Colebrookdale Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Douglass 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Douglass Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Douglass Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Douglass Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Douglass Township’s police reported 5 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.
Crime in Douglass 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.
17 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.
2 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by Douglass Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Douglass Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Douglass Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Douglass Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Douglass Township’s own rate (7.4) 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.
Douglass Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| New Hanover Township | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Upper Pottsgrove Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Upper Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Colebrookdale Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Upper Hanover Township, Washington Township and Colebrookdale Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| North Union Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Willistown Township | A | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Lehman Township | A− | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Waynesboro | B | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| Wyomissing | C+ | 0.8 | 20.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Douglass Township’s population (11,292), 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 Douglass 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 Douglass Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,281 in 2025); our figure for Douglass Township is 11,292 (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 Douglass Township
Is Douglass Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Douglass Township reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #36 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 Douglass Township?
0.2 violent and 2.2 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 Douglass Township safer than New Hanover Township?
New Hanover Township reports more crime per resident than Douglass Township: New Hanover Township grades A for safety and Douglass Township A+. New Hanover Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Douglass Township?
Douglass Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Douglass Township, Montgomery County”. 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.