Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCrime in Forward Township: the figures, without a grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 10 towns with grades of their own. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Forward Township has none for 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Jackson Township, 4 miles away, at A−.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A− | 4 mi | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Adams Township | A+ | 4 mi | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Penn Township | A | 5 mi | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| Zelienople | A+ | 6 mi | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Lancaster Township | A+ | 6 mi | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Cranberry Township | A− | 6 mi | 0.2 | 7.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Forward Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Forward Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Forward Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Forward Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people 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 Forward Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Forward Township’s own rate (18.2) 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.
Forward Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans City | — | — | — |
| Penn Township | A | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| Jackson Township | A− | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Connoquenessing Township | — | — | — |
| Adams Township | A+ | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Evans City and Connoquenessing 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 Forward Township
Is Forward Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Forward Township. Forward 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 Jackson Township (A−, 4 mi), Adams Township (A+, 4 mi), Penn Township (A, 5 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Forward Township.
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.