Photo: Smallbones at English Wikipedia · Public domainPer resident, Kennett Township records less crime than 96% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 93% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 93%. The local count comes to 0.2 violent crime and 2.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crimes Kennett Township’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #47 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 Kennett Township
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Kennett Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: East Marlborough Township (A+). New Garden Township and Pennsbury Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Kennett 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kennett Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kennett Township’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Kennett 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Kennett Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Kennett Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
33 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.
2 violent and 31 property, as reported to the FBI by Kennett Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Kennett Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Kennett Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people 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 Kennett Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kennett Township’s own rate (8.9) 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.
Kennett Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennett Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| New Garden Township | — | — | — |
| Pennsbury Township | — | — | — |
| East Marlborough Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Garden Township and Pennsbury Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennett Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Chartiers Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Millersville | A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Conshohocken | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Oil City | B | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| Quakertown | C | 3.6 | 12.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Kennett Township’s population (9,253), 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 Kennett 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 Kennett Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,521 in 2025); our figure for Kennett Township is 9,253 (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 Kennett Township
Is Kennett Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kennett Township reports less crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #47 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 Kennett Township?
0.2 violent and 2.4 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 Kennett Township safer than East Marlborough Township?
East Marlborough Township reports less crime per resident than Kennett Township: East Marlborough Township grades A+ for safety and Kennett Township A+. East Marlborough Township’s police reported 0.0 violent and 0.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kennett Township?
Kennett Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kennett 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.