Crime per resident in Lower Chichester Township runs higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes Lower Chichester Township’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #555 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. It has more violent crime than 90% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 84%. Police counts work out at 5.5 violent crimes and 24.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Chichester Township
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Lower Chichester Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Upper Chichester Township (C+), Trainer (C). Marcus Hook reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lower Chichester 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.
Crime in Lower Chichester 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 6 violent crimes, 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 | Lower Chichester Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lower Chichester Township’s police reported 56 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lower Chichester Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Lower Chichester Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.0 | 19.1 | 5.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 26.7 | 17.3 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 25.1 | 16.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 |
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.
108 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. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
22 violent and 86 property, as reported to the FBI by Lower Chichester Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on Lower Chichester Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lower Chichester Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Lower Chichester Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lower Chichester Township’s own rate (5.9) 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 Chichester Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Chichester Township | D | 5.5 | 24.3 |
| Upper Chichester Township | C+ | 1.6 | 14.9 |
| Marcus Hook | — | — | — |
| Trainer | C | 2.9 | 16.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Marcus Hook reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Chichester Township | D | 5.5 | 24.3 |
| Hegins Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Macungie | A+ | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Northern Cambria | A | 0.2 | 5.8 |
| Wellsboro | A− | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| North Wales | B+ | 0.5 | 8.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Lower Chichester Township’s population (3,394), 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 Chichester 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 Chichester Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,423 in 2025); our figure for Lower Chichester Township is 3,394 (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 Chichester Township
Is Lower Chichester Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lower Chichester Township reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #555 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 5.5 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 Chichester Township?
5.5 violent and 24.3 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 Chichester Township safer than Upper Chichester Township?
Upper Chichester Township reports less crime per resident than Lower Chichester Township: Upper Chichester Township grades C+ for safety and Lower Chichester Township D. Upper Chichester Township’s police reported 1.6 violent and 14.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lower Chichester Township?
Lower Chichester Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lower Chichester 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, 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.