Photo: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) · CC BY-SA 2.5Recorded crime per resident is lower in East Cocalico Township than in 92% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 39% from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 0.2 violent crime and 4.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. The grade is A, built on crimes East Cocalico Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #97 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Violent crime here is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 85%.
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 East Cocalico Township
East Cocalico Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on East Cocalico Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Spring Township (B+). Brecknock Township, Ephrata Township, Denver, West Cocalico Township, Adamstown and Earl Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
East Cocalico Township has 7,619 jobs based in town for 11,124 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 East Cocalico 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 | East Cocalico Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | East Cocalico Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.4 | 19.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 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 | East Cocalico Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Cocalico Township’s police reported 10 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 East Cocalico 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.
44 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.
1 violent and 43 property, as reported to the FBI by East Cocalico Township’s police.
11 people died in crashes on East Cocalico Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Cocalico Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 20.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.8, 579 towns).
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.
East Cocalico Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cocalico Township | A | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Brecknock Township | — | — | — |
| Ephrata Township | — | — | — |
| Denver | — | — | — |
| West Cocalico Township | — | — | — |
| Adamstown | — | — | — |
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Earl Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Brecknock Township, Ephrata Township, Denver, West Cocalico Township, Adamstown and Earl Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cocalico Township | A | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Easttown Township | A− | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| West Manheim Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.9 |
| Lower Saucon Township | A− | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Waynesboro | B | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| Lansdowne | C+ | 1.7 | 16.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to East Cocalico Township’s population (11,124), 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 East Cocalico 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 East Cocalico Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,927 in 2025); our figure for East Cocalico Township is 11,124 (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 East Cocalico Township
Is East Cocalico Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Cocalico Township reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #97 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 East Cocalico Township?
0.2 violent and 4.0 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 East Cocalico Township safer than Spring Township?
Spring Township reports more crime per resident than East Cocalico Township: Spring Township grades B+ for safety and East Cocalico Township A. Spring Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 8.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Cocalico Township?
East Cocalico Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Cocalico 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.