Ashton-Hursh House · Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Lower Allen Township than in 80% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Its 6 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Taking everything together, Lower Allen Township scores B (#399 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, the yearly rates were 0.6 violent crime and 14.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 Lower Allen Township
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Lower Allen Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Hampden Township (A+), Upper Allen Township (A), New Cumberland (A−), Fairview Township (A−), Camp Hill (A−), Mechanicsburg (B). Lemoyne has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Shiremanstown reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lower Allen Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 55% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Lower Allen Township has 17,316 jobs based in town for 21,254 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lower Allen Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Lower Allen Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.1) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lower Allen Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lower Allen Township’s police reported 39 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Lower Allen 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.
How crime in Lower Allen Township has moved
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| Year | Lower Allen Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Lower Allen Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.8 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 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.
293 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.
10 violent and 283 property, as reported to the FBI by Lower Allen Township’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Lower Allen Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lower Allen Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Lower Allen Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lower Allen Township’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Lower Allen Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Allen Township | B | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| Fairview Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| New Cumberland | A− | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Lemoyne | — | — | — |
| Shiremanstown | — | — | — |
| Upper Allen Township | A | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Camp Hill | A− | 0.5 | 7.6 |
| Mechanicsburg | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lemoyne has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Shiremanstown reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Allen Township | B | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| Springfield Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| East Pennsboro Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Limerick Township | B | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| New Castle | B | 1.9 | 8.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Lower Allen Township’s population (21,254), 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 Lower Allen 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 Lower Allen Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,067 in 2025); our figure for Lower Allen Township is 21,254 (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 Lower Allen Township
Is Lower Allen Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lower Allen Township reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #399 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.6 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 Lower Allen Township?
0.6 violent and 14.1 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 Lower Allen Township safer than Fairview Township?
Fairview Township reports less crime per resident than Lower Allen Township: Fairview Township grades A− for safety and Lower Allen Township B. Fairview Township’s police reported 0.9 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lower Allen Township?
Lower Allen Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lower Allen 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.