Meadowcroft Rockshelter · Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Jefferson Township has no Safety Grade
Jefferson Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Smith Township (A), 6 miles away. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 35.
For every 1,000 residents, no property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And no violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Jefferson Township’s police reported
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| Year | Jefferson Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Jefferson Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 30.2 | not reported | 6.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.1 | not reported | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | not reported | 16.1 | not reported | 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.
0 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Jefferson 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 |
| Chartiers Township | A | 14 mi | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Findlay Township | A | 15 mi | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| North Fayette Township | B− | 15 mi | 0.7 | 16.6 |
| Cecil Township | A+ | 16 mi | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 16 mi | 0.7 | 2.9 |
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.
One person died in crashes on Jefferson Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Jefferson Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person 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 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jefferson Township’s own rate (15.5) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Independence Township | — | — | — |
| Smith Township | A | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Cross Creek Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hanover Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Independence Township and Cross Creek 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.
- One number for all of Jefferson 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 Jefferson Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,115 in 2024); our figure for Jefferson Township is 1,112 (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 Jefferson Township
Is Jefferson Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Jefferson Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Smith Township (A, 6 mi), Chartiers Township (A, 14 mi), Findlay Township (A, 15 mi).
Who polices Jefferson Township?
Jefferson Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jefferson Township, Washington 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, 2024, 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.