Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime recorded in Jefferson Township, and why it isn’t graded
Tulpehocken Township, 5 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A+). Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 8 towns with grades of their own. The FBI holds no crime figures for Jefferson Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulpehocken Township | A+ | 5 mi | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Womelsdorf | A+ | 6 mi | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Millcreek Township | A+ | 8 mi | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Lower Heidelberg Township | A+ | 9 mi | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Bethel Township | A+ | 9 mi | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Bern Township | B+ | 9 mi | 1.3 | 6.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Jefferson Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Jefferson Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Jefferson Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Jefferson Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what 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 Jefferson Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jefferson Township’s own rate (25.6) 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.
Jefferson Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Heidelberg Township | — | — | — |
| Penn Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Tulpehocken Township | — | — | — |
| Tulpehocken Township | A+ | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Heidelberg Township, Penn Township and Upper Tulpehocken Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Jefferson Township
Is Jefferson Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Jefferson Township. Jefferson Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Tulpehocken Township (A+, 5 mi), Womelsdorf (A+, 6 mi), Millcreek Township (A+, 8 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Jefferson Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.