Recorded crime per resident in Glenolden fell 38% from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 54% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 23%. Across all the graded crimes, Glenolden lands on C+ (#482 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, the yearly rates were 1.5 violent crimes and 19.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania.
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 Glenolden
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Glenolden’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Norwood (A), Ridley Township (B), Folcroft (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Glenolden’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 17% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 35% 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 Glenolden’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Glenolden’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Glenolden property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Glenolden violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.3 | 19.1 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 21.8 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 1.4 | 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 | Glenolden | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glenolden’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Glenolden 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
114 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. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
10 violent and 104 property, as reported to the FBI by Glenolden’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Glenolden’s roads in 2019–2023
Glenolden had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what 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 Glenolden’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glenolden’s own rate (8.3) 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.
Glenolden and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenolden | C+ | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| Folcroft | C− | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| Norwood | A | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenolden | C+ | 1.5 | 19.8 |
| Cumberland Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Ohio Township | A | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Ridley Park | A | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| White Oak | A− | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| DuBois | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Glenolden’s population (7,217), 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 Glenolden. 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 Glenolden’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,277 in 2025); our figure for Glenolden is 7,217 (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 Glenolden
Is Glenolden, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glenolden reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #482 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.5 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 Glenolden?
1.5 violent and 19.8 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 Glenolden safer than Folcroft?
Folcroft reports more crime per resident than Glenolden: Folcroft grades C− for safety and Glenolden C+. Folcroft’s police reported 3.9 violent and 24.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Glenolden?
Glenolden’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glenolden Police Department”. 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.