Ralston Freeman Covered Bridge · Photo: Lee Paxton (Original uploader was Leepaxton at en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime recorded in Hanover Township, and why it isn’t graded
Hanover Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. A 25-mile circle around it holds 50 towns with a grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Smith Township, 6 miles away, graded A.
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Hanover Township’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Hanover Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Hanover Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 30.2 | not reported | 6.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.1 | not reported | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Pennsylvania. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
17 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.
7 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Hanover Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Township | A | 6 mi | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Findlay Township | A | 10 mi | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| North Fayette Township | B− | 13 mi | 0.7 | 16.6 |
| Raccoon Township | A | 13 mi | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Moon Township | A− | 15 mi | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 15 mi | 0.7 | 2.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hanover Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hanover Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Hanover Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Hanover Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than 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 Hanover Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hanover Township’s own rate (33.1) 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.
Hanover Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Township | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — |
| Smith Township | A | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Hanover Township (township) | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Robinson Township and Hanover Township (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Jefferson Township reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 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.
- One number for all of Hanover 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 Hanover Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,376 in 2025); our figure for Hanover Township is 2,382 (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 Hanover Township
Is Hanover Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hanover Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Smith Township (A, 6 mi), Findlay Township (A, 10 mi), North Fayette Township (B−, 13 mi).
Who polices Hanover Township?
Hanover Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hanover Township, Washington County”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hanover Township.
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.