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Safety in Edgewood · Not graded

Edgewood has no grade of its own; Shamokin, 1 mile away, is the nearest that does

Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 6 towns with grades of their own. Edgewood has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
ShamokinB−1 mi2.87.7
Coal TownshipB3 mi0.812.4
Ralpho TownshipA+4 mi0.03.6
KulpmontB+6 mi0.29.7
Mount Carmel TownshipA7 mi0.54.1
Mount CarmelB−9 mi1.214.1

Straight-line distance from the center of Edgewood. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Edgewood.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Edgewood’s roads in 2019–2023

Edgewood had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Edgewood’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Edgewood’s own rate (9.6) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
9.6
per 100,000 a year · Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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.

Next door

Edgewood and its neighbors

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A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Edgewood

Is Edgewood, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Edgewood. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Shamokin (B−, 1 mi), Coal Township (B, 3 mi), Ralpho Township (A+, 4 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.