Photo: WhatTheFehl312 · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts fell 43% per resident in Kennedy Township from 2023 to 2025
Recorded violent crimes ran at 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 14.6, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. What’s more, of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Overall, Kennedy Township grades C for safety (#485 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025.
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 Kennedy Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Kennedy Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Robinson Township (B−), Stowe Township (C−), Pittsburgh (D), McKees Rocks (D). Neville Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Kennedy Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 34% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Kennedy 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kennedy Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Kennedy Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.4 | 19.1 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Kennedy 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kennedy Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kennedy Township’s police reported 73 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
95 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.
4 violent and 91 property, as reported to the FBI by Kennedy Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on Kennedy Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Kennedy Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Kennedy Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kennedy Township’s own rate (2.3) 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.
Kennedy Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Township | C | 2.9 | 14.6 |
| Robinson Township | B− | 0.8 | 15.6 |
| Pittsburgh | D | 4.7 | 23.8 |
| McKees Rocks | D | 6.3 | 38.7 |
| Stowe Township | C− | 3.9 | 21.3 |
| Neville Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Neville Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Township | C | 2.9 | 14.6 |
| West Earl Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Gettysburg | B+ | 1.3 | 5.1 |
| North Coventry Township | B | 0.5 | 12.6 |
| Downingtown | C+ | 0.7 | 21.8 |
| Brookhaven | C | 1.1 | 23.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Kennedy Township’s population (8,419), 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 Kennedy 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 Kennedy Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,376 in 2025); our figure for Kennedy Township is 8,419 (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 Kennedy Township
Is Kennedy Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kennedy Township reports more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #485 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.9 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 Kennedy Township?
2.9 violent and 14.6 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 Kennedy Township safer than Robinson Township?
Robinson Township reports less crime per resident than Kennedy Township: Robinson Township grades B− for safety and Kennedy Township C. Robinson Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 15.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kennedy Township?
Kennedy Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kennedy 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.