Jenkins Township has no grade of its own; Pittston Township, 3 miles away, is the nearest that does
17 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. Jenkins Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Jenkins Township’s police reported
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| Year | Jenkins Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Jenkins Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.1 | 30.3 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 6.2 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 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.
30 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. 2024 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
2 violent and 28 property, as reported to the FBI by Jenkins Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston Township | C− | 3 mi | 2.1 | 28.8 |
| Dupont | B | 3 mi | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| Hughestown | A− | 3 mi | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| Plains Township | B− | 4 mi | 1.2 | 14.4 |
| Pittston | A | 4 mi | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Avoca | A | 4 mi | 0.1 | 3.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Jenkins Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Jenkins Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Jenkins Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Jenkins Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Jenkins Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jenkins Township’s own rate (18.2) 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.
Jenkins Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laflin | — | — | — |
| Plains Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.4 |
| Pittston Township | C− | 2.1 | 28.8 |
| Spring Brook Township | — | — | — |
| Bear Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Thornhurst Township | — | — | — |
| Exeter | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Laflin, Spring Brook Township, Bear Creek Township, Thornhurst Township, Exeter and Wyoming 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 Jenkins 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 Jenkins Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,486 in 2024); our figure for Jenkins Township is 4,552 (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 Jenkins Township
Is Jenkins Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Jenkins Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Pittston Township (C−, 3 mi), Dupont (B, 3 mi), Hughestown (A−, 3 mi).
Who polices Jenkins Township?
Jenkins Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jenkins Township Police Department”. 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.