Crime and safety in Lower Paxton Township, PA
The closest graded town is Susquehanna Township, 4 miles away, at B−. Count 15 graded towns in the 10 miles around. Lower Paxton Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported
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.
The years Lower Paxton Township’s police reported
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| Year | Lower Paxton Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Lower Paxton Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 30.2 | not reported | 6.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.1 | not reported | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 10.6 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Pennsylvania. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
625 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.
74 violent and 551 property, as reported to the FBI by Lower Paxton Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Township | B− | 4 mi | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Penbrook | C+ | 4 mi | 3.6 | 10.9 |
| Swatara Township | C | 5 mi | 1.6 | 25.1 |
| Harrisburg | D | 5 mi | 8.2 | 19.3 |
| Hummelstown | B− | 6 mi | 3.2 | 6.3 |
| Steelton | D | 6 mi | 9.4 | 15.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lower Paxton Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lower Paxton Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
17 people died in crashes on Lower Paxton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lower Paxton Township had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 3 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (9 of 17) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 6.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 towns).
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 Paxton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| South Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Swatara Township | C | 1.6 | 25.1 |
| Middle Paxton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Hanover Township, South Hanover Township and Middle Paxton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Paxton Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lower Paxton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (55,909 in 2025); our figure for Lower Paxton Township is 55,564 (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 Paxton Township
Is Lower Paxton Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lower Paxton Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Susquehanna Township (B−, 4 mi), Penbrook (C+, 4 mi), Swatara Township (C, 5 mi).
Who polices Lower Paxton Township?
Lower Paxton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lower Paxton 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.