Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Lower Moreland Township sees less violent crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. What’s more, the overall Safety Grade is B+ (#291 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), which means less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 0.4 violent crime and 9.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 Moreland Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Lower Moreland Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Bryn Athyn (A), Abington Township (C+), Upper Moreland Township (C+), Philadelphia (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lower Moreland Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 72% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lower Moreland 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 | Lower Moreland Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lower Moreland Township’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 Moreland 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 | Lower Moreland Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Lower Moreland Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.9 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9.5 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 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.
140 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.
5 violent and 135 property, as reported to the FBI by Lower Moreland Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Lower Moreland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lower Moreland Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Moreland 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 Moreland Township’s own rate (7.1) 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 Moreland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Bryn Athyn | A | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Franconia Township | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Plumstead Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Richland Township | B | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| Greensburg | B | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| East Norriton Township | C+ | 1.3 | 17.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Lower Moreland Township’s population (14,116), 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 Moreland 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 Moreland Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,253 in 2025); our figure for Lower Moreland Township is 14,116 (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 Moreland Township
Is Lower Moreland Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lower Moreland Township reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #291 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.4 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 Moreland Township?
0.4 violent and 9.0 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 Moreland Township safer than Bryn Athyn?
Bryn Athyn reports less crime per resident than Lower Moreland Township: Bryn Athyn grades A for safety and Lower Moreland Township B+. Bryn Athyn’s police reported 0.0 violent and 6.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lower Moreland Township?
Lower Moreland Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lower Moreland 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.