Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Falls Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Falls Township grades B− for safety (#442 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Falls Township
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Falls Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lower Makefield Township (A), Bristol Township (C+), Morrisville (C). Tullytown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Middletown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Falls Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 24% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 45% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Falls 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 Falls Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.8) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Falls Township’s police reported 129 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Falls Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Falls Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Falls Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.3 | 19.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 13.9 | 16.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
515 crimes reported in 2025
35 violent and 480 property, as reported to the FBI by Falls Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
23 people died in crashes on Falls Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Falls Township had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 23 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 5 were cyclists.
That is 13.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 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.
Falls Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | B− | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| Morrisville | C | 1.7 | 23.5 |
| Tullytown | — | — | — |
| Middletown Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Makefield Township | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Bristol Township | C+ | 1.6 | 15.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tullytown reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Middletown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Township | B− | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Cranberry Township | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Warminster Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Chester | D | 8.4 | 20.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Falls Township’s population (34,282), by grade.
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 Falls 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 Falls Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,442 in 2025); our figure for Falls Township is 34,282 (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 Falls Township
Is Falls Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Falls Township reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #442 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.3 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 Falls Township?
1.3 violent and 15.8 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 crime going up or down in Falls Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Falls Township in 2025?
Falls Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Falls Township safer than Morrisville?
Morrisville reports more crime per resident than Falls Township: Morrisville grades C for safety and Falls Township B−. Morrisville’s police reported 1.7 violent and 23.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Falls Township?
Falls Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Falls Township, Bucks County”. 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.