St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainOn violent crime, East Whiteland Township has a lower rate per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 0.6 violent crime and 8.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Add to that, its letter overall is B+ (#291 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Whiteland Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on East Whiteland Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Malvern (A+), West Whiteland Township (B). Charlestown Township and East Goshen Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Tredyffrin Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so East Whiteland Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 72% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
East Whiteland Township is home to Immaculata University, with 1,736 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 8% 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
East Whiteland Township has 22,954 jobs based in town for 14,983 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Whiteland 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Whiteland Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Whiteland Township’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Whiteland 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | East Whiteland Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | East Whiteland Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.1 | 19.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 17.4 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
140 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.
12 violent and 128 property, as reported to the FBI by East Whiteland Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on East Whiteland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Whiteland Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five 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 East Whiteland Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Whiteland Township’s own rate (6.8) 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.
East Whiteland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Whiteland Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| West Whiteland Township | B | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| Charlestown Township | — | — | — |
| Tredyffrin Township | — | — | — |
| East Goshen Township | — | — | — |
| Malvern | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Charlestown Township and East Goshen Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Tredyffrin Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Whiteland Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Franklin Park | A+ | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Upper Southampton Township | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Indiana | B+ | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| Caln Township | C+ | 2.1 | 14.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to East Whiteland Township’s population (14,983), 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 Whiteland 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 Whiteland Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,358 in 2025); our figure for East Whiteland Township is 14,983 (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 Whiteland Township
Is East Whiteland Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Whiteland Township reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #291 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.6 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 Whiteland Township?
0.6 violent and 8.4 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 Whiteland Township safer than West Whiteland Township?
West Whiteland Township reports more crime per resident than East Whiteland Township: West Whiteland Township grades B for safety and East Whiteland Township B+. West Whiteland Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Whiteland Township?
East Whiteland Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Whiteland 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.