Photo: Adam Moss aka Roadgeek Adam on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Hatfield Township beats 83% of U.S. towns per resident
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. Overall, Hatfield Township grades B+ for safety (#275 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Behind the grade sit 0.5 violent crime and 8.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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 Hatfield Township
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Hatfield Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: New Britain Township (A), Franconia Township (A), Towamencin Township (A−), Hilltown Township (A−), Lansdale (B), Montgomery Township (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hatfield Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 52% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 74% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Hatfield Township has 14,316 jobs based in town for 20,904 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hatfield 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hatfield Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hatfield Township’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Hatfield 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 1 violent crime, 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 | Hatfield Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Hatfield Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.1 | 19.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 8.2 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
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.
171 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.
11 violent and 160 property, as reported to the FBI by Hatfield Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Hatfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Hatfield Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 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 Hatfield Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hatfield Township’s own rate (8.4) 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.
Hatfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Montgomery Township | B | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| Lansdale | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| Franconia Township | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Towamencin Township | A− | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Hilltown Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Penn Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Buckingham Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.1 |
| Springfield Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| West Whiteland Township | B | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| New Castle | B | 1.9 | 8.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Hatfield Township’s population (20,904), 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 Hatfield 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 Hatfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,234 in 2025); our figure for Hatfield Township is 20,904 (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 Hatfield Township
Is Hatfield Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hatfield Township reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #275 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Hatfield Township?
0.5 violent and 8.0 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 Hatfield Township safer than Montgomery Township?
Montgomery Township reports more crime per resident than Hatfield Township: Montgomery Township grades B for safety and Hatfield Township B+. Montgomery Township’s police reported 0.5 violent and 14.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hatfield Township?
Hatfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hatfield 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.