Witmer's Tavern · Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0The crimes the grade counts fell 42% per resident in East Lampeter Township from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime is lower than in 66% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 31%. Its letter overall is C+ (#447 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 1.1 violent crimes and 16.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania.
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 Lampeter Township
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on East Lampeter Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: West Lampeter Township (A), Manheim Township (B+). Strasburg Township, Paradise Township, Lancaster Township, Upper Leacock Township and Leacock Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Lancaster reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so East Lampeter Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 44% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
East Lampeter Township has 15,777 jobs based in town for 18,814 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 Lampeter Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds East Lampeter Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Lampeter Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | East Lampeter Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.9 | 30.4 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 16.1 | 0.9 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Lampeter Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Lampeter Township’s police reported 86 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Lampeter 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.
364 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.
25 violent and 339 property, as reported to the FBI by East Lampeter Township’s police.
13 people died in crashes on East Lampeter Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Lampeter Township had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is 14.5 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 Lampeter Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| Strasburg Township | — | — | — |
| Lancaster | — | — | — |
| Manheim Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| Paradise Township | — | — | — |
| West Lampeter Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Lancaster Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Leacock Township | — | — | — |
| Leacock Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Strasburg Township, Paradise Township, Lancaster Township, Upper Leacock Township and Leacock Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Lancaster reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Ferguson Township | A− | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Lansdale | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| West Mifflin | C− | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to East Lampeter Township’s population (18,814), 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 Lampeter 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 Lampeter Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,078 in 2025); our figure for East Lampeter Township is 18,814 (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 Lampeter Township
Is East Lampeter Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Lampeter Township reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #447 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.1 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 Lampeter Township?
1.1 violent and 16.7 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 Lampeter Township safer than Manheim Township?
Manheim Township reports less crime per resident than East Lampeter Township: Manheim Township grades B+ for safety and East Lampeter Township C+. Manheim Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 7.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Lampeter Township?
East Lampeter Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Lampeter 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.