Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0Violent crime per resident is lower in Doylestown Township than in 85% of U.S. towns
3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Police counts work out at 0.5 violent crime and 5.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they are 2.9 and 17.5. On top of that, its Safety Grade is A−, on crimes Doylestown Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #191 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The graded rate fell 36% 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 Doylestown Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Doylestown Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Buckingham Township (A+), New Britain Township (A), Plumstead Township (A), Warrington Township (A−). Doylestown and New Britain have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Warwick 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 Doylestown Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 67% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 84% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Doylestown Township is home to Delaware Valley University, with 1,982 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% 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 ↓
A job center
Doylestown Township has 11,363 jobs based in town for 18,137 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Doylestown 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 | Doylestown Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Doylestown Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.2 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 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 | Doylestown Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Doylestown Township’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Doylestown 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
80 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.
10 violent and 70 property, as reported to the FBI by Doylestown Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Doylestown Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Doylestown Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six 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 Doylestown Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Doylestown Township’s own rate (6.7) 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.
Doylestown Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown Township | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Doylestown | — | — | — |
| New Britain | — | — | — |
| Warwick Township | — | — | — |
| Buckingham Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Plumstead Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Doylestown and New Britain have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Warwick Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown Township | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Hampton Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Upper Saucon Township | A | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| Towamencin Township | A− | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Fairview Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Penn Township | B+ | 1.4 | 7.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Doylestown Township’s population (18,137), 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 Doylestown 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 Doylestown Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,188 in 2025); our figure for Doylestown Township is 18,137 (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 Doylestown Township
Is Doylestown Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Doylestown Township reports less crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #191 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Doylestown Township?
0.5 violent and 5.3 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 Doylestown Township safer than Buckingham Township?
Buckingham Township reports less crime per resident than Doylestown Township: Buckingham Township grades A+ for safety and Doylestown Township A−. Buckingham Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Doylestown Township?
Doylestown Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Doylestown 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.