Denison House · Photo: John Jennings · Public domainForty Fort sees less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.2 violent crime and 1.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. What’s more, it has less violent crime than 94% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 96%. Measured on crimes Forty Fort’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+: #36 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 95% from 2023 to 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 Forty Fort
Forty Fort reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Forty Fort’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Swoyersville (A−), Kingston (B−), Plains Township (B−). Wyoming has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Forty Fort’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Forty Fort property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Forty Fort violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.8 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Forty Fort | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Forty Fort’s police reported 3 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Forty Fort 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1 crime 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.
0 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Forty Fort’s police.
One person died in crashes on Forty Fort’s roads in 2019–2023
Forty Fort had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Forty Fort’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Forty Fort’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Forty Fort and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Fort | A+ | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Plains Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.4 |
| Kingston | B− | 1.1 | 14.5 |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
| Swoyersville | A− | 0.9 | 5.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wyoming has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Fort | A+ | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Slatington | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Kutztown | B | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| Aldan | B | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| Scottdale | C+ | 3.2 | 11.9 |
| Glassport | C+ | 2.6 | 14.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Forty Fort’s population (4,280), 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 Forty Fort. 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 Forty Fort’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,292 in 2025); our figure for Forty Fort is 4,280 (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 Forty Fort
Is Forty Fort, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Forty Fort reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #36 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 Forty Fort?
0.2 violent and 1.6 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 Forty Fort safer than Plains Township?
Plains Township reports more crime per resident than Forty Fort: Plains Township grades B− for safety and Forty Fort A+. Plains Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 14.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Forty Fort?
Forty Fort’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Forty Fort”. 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.