Photo: Jeremiah Orr · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Hampden Township than in 95% of U.S. towns
Its Safety Grade is A+, on crimes Hampden Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #61 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Police counts work out at 0.2 violent crime and 3.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they are 2.9 and 17.5. What’s more, the graded rate fell 40% from 2023 to 2025. Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident.
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 Hampden Township
Hampden Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Hampden Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: East Pennsboro Township (A−), Camp Hill (A−), Silver Spring Township (B+), Mechanicsburg (B), Lower Allen Township (B). Rye Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Shiremanstown reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 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 Hampden 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hampden Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Hampden Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 30.6 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 19.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hampden Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hampden Township’s police reported 24 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 Hampden 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
98 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.
2 violent and 96 property, as reported to the FBI by Hampden Township’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Hampden Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Hampden Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hampden Township’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hampden Township’s own rate (5.3) 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.
Hampden Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Silver Spring Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| East Pennsboro Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Mechanicsburg | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| Rye Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Allen Township | B | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| Camp Hill | A− | 0.5 | 7.6 |
| Shiremanstown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rye Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Shiremanstown reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Lower Makefield Township | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Cranberry Township | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| Falls Township | B− | 1.3 | 15.8 |
| Norristown | C− | 4.5 | 18.9 |
| Upper Merion Township | C− | 0.9 | 35.0 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Hampden Township’s population (35,401), 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 Hampden 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 Hampden Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (36,116 in 2025); our figure for Hampden Township is 35,401 (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 Hampden Township
Is Hampden Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hampden Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #61 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 Hampden Township?
0.2 violent and 3.0 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.
How many homicides were there in Hampden Township in 2025?
Hampden 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 Hampden Township safer than Silver Spring Township?
Silver Spring Township reports more crime per resident than Hampden Township: Silver Spring Township grades B+ for safety and Hampden Township A+. Silver Spring Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hampden Township?
Hampden Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hampden Township”. 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.