Photo: Anthony Bley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainCrime per resident in Franklin Township runs lower than in 60% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade is B, on crimes Franklin Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #373 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Police counts work out at 1.4 violent crimes and 9.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Franklin Township
Franklin Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Franklin Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lehighton (B), Jim Thorpe (B−), Mahoning Township (C). Penn Forest Township and Towamensing Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Franklin Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 35% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 60% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Franklin Township’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Franklin Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Franklin Township’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Franklin Township 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 about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Franklin Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Franklin Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.2 | 19.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 17.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 16.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
35 crimes 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.
8 violent and 27 property, as reported to the FBI by Franklin Township’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Franklin Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Franklin Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Franklin Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Franklin Township’s own rate (13.6) 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.
Franklin Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Mahoning Township | C | 1.1 | 22.1 |
| Lehighton | B | 1.2 | 10.4 |
| Penn Forest Township | — | — | — |
| Towamensing Township | — | — | — |
| Jim Thorpe | B− | 2.4 | 7.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Penn Forest Township and Towamensing Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Millcreek Township | A+ | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Minersville | A− | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Donora | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Mahoning Township | B+ | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| Honesdale | B | 1.8 | 6.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Franklin Township’s population (4,421), 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 Franklin 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 Franklin Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,439 in 2025); our figure for Franklin Township is 4,421 (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 Franklin Township
Is Franklin Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Franklin Township reports less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #373 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.4 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 Franklin Township?
1.4 violent and 9.0 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 Franklin Township safer than Mahoning Township?
Mahoning Township reports more crime per resident than Franklin Township: Mahoning Township grades C for safety and Franklin Township B. Mahoning Township’s police reported 1.1 violent and 22.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Franklin Township?
Franklin Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Franklin Township, Carbon 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.