Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Ephrata Township: the figures, without a grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 8 towns with grades of their own. For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Ephrata Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade. Ephrata, 3 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A−).
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata | A− | 3 mi | 0.3 | 8.6 |
| West Earl Township | A+ | 4 mi | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| East Cocalico Township | A | 4 mi | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| East Earl Township | A− | 6 mi | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| Lititz | A | 9 mi | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 10 mi | 1.1 | 16.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ephrata Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ephrata Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Ephrata Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ephrata Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is more than 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 Ephrata Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ephrata Township’s own rate (11.3) 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.
Ephrata Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata | A− | 0.3 | 8.6 |
| East Cocalico Township | A | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Warwick Township | — | — | — |
| Akron | — | — | — |
| West Earl Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Earl Township | — | — | — |
| Clay Township | — | — | — |
| West Cocalico Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Warwick Township, Akron, Earl Township, Clay Township and West Cocalico 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 Ephrata Township
Is Ephrata Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ephrata Township. Ephrata 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 Ephrata (A−, 3 mi), West Earl Township (A+, 4 mi), East Cocalico 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.