Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Lower Gwynedd Township fell 57% from 2023 to 2025
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.5 violent crime and 9.7 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Weighing it all, Lower Gwynedd Township earns B+ for safety (#308 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), with less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 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 Lower Gwynedd Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Lower Gwynedd Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Upper Gwynedd Township (A), Whitpain Township (A), Upper Dublin Township (A−), Ambler (A−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lower Gwynedd Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 47% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 69% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Lower Gwynedd Township is home to Gwynedd Mercy University, with 1,455 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Lower Gwynedd 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lower Gwynedd Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Lower Gwynedd Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.9 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lower Gwynedd Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lower Gwynedd Township’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Gwynedd 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.
61 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 59 property, as reported to the FBI by Lower Gwynedd Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Lower Gwynedd Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lower Gwynedd Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six 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 Gwynedd Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lower Gwynedd Township’s own rate (9.8) 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 Gwynedd Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Gwynedd Township | B+ | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| Upper Gwynedd Township | A | 0.2 | 5.5 |
| Whitpain Township | A | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Ambler | A− | 0.2 | 7.9 |
| Upper Dublin Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Gwynedd Township | B+ | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| West Deer Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Jefferson Hills | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| St. Marys | B | 1.7 | 6.8 |
| Meadville | C− | 4.9 | 13.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Lower Gwynedd Township’s population (12,290), 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 Gwynedd 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 Gwynedd Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,403 in 2025); our figure for Lower Gwynedd Township is 12,290 (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 Gwynedd Township
Is Lower Gwynedd Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lower Gwynedd Township reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #308 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Gwynedd Township?
0.5 violent and 9.7 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 Gwynedd Township safer than Upper Gwynedd Township?
Upper Gwynedd Township reports less crime per resident than Lower Gwynedd Township: Upper Gwynedd Township grades A for safety and Lower Gwynedd Township B+. Upper Gwynedd Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 5.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lower Gwynedd Township?
Lower Gwynedd Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lower Gwynedd 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.