Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJackson Township reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Jackson Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #198 of 578 graded towns in 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 Jackson Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Jackson Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Lancaster Township (A+), Zelienople (A+), Franklin Township (A), Cranberry Township (A−). Evans City and Forward Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Jackson Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 83% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Jackson Township has 4,157 jobs based in town for 6,585 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Jackson 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Jackson Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Jackson Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 | 19.1 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 17.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 16.1 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Jackson Township’s police reported 27 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.
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| Year | Jackson Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
14 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Jackson Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Jackson Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Jackson Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Jackson Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jackson Township’s own rate (18.1) 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.
Jackson Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A− | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Zelienople | A+ | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Evans City | — | — | — |
| Forward Township | — | — | — |
| Cranberry Township | A− | 0.2 | 7.2 |
| New Sewickley Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Lancaster Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Evans City and Forward Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A− | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Conemaugh Township | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Swarthmore | A | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Oakmont | B+ | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| Catasauqua | B− | 1.6 | 10.8 |
| Connellsville | D | 4.0 | 29.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Jackson Township’s population (6,585), by grade.
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 Jackson 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 Jackson Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,395 in 2025); our figure for Jackson Township is 6,585 (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 Jackson Township
Is Jackson Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jackson Township reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #198 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 Jackson Township?
1.5 violent and 1.7 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 crime going up or down in Jackson Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Jackson Township safer than Zelienople?
Zelienople reports less crime per resident than Jackson Township: Zelienople grades A+ for safety and Jackson Township A−. Zelienople’s police reported 0.4 violent and 2.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jackson Township?
Jackson Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jackson Township, Butler 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.