Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5Crime and safety in Earl Township, PA
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is East Earl Township, 4 miles away, graded A−. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Earl Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade. The surrounding 10 miles hold 6 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Earl Township | A− | 4 mi | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| West Earl Township | A+ | 5 mi | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Ephrata | A− | 7 mi | 0.3 | 8.6 |
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 8 mi | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| East Cocalico Township | A | 8 mi | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Strasburg | A+ | 10 mi | 0.1 | 3.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Earl Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Earl Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Earl Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Earl Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Earl Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Earl Township’s own rate (8.4) 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.
Earl Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata Township | — | — | — |
| Leacock Township | — | — | — |
| East Earl Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| Upper Leacock Township | — | — | — |
| Brecknock Township | — | — | — |
| West Earl Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| East Cocalico Township | A | 0.2 | 4.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ephrata Township, Leacock Township, Upper Leacock Township and Brecknock 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.
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 Earl Township
Is Earl Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Earl Township. Earl 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 East Earl Township (A−, 4 mi), West Earl Township (A+, 5 mi), Ephrata (A−, 7 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.