Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Mahanoy Township sees less crime per resident than almost any other U.S. town
The rate the grade counts dropped 100% from 2023 to 2025. Its Safety Grade is A+, on crimes Mahanoy Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #6 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Property crime ran at 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Mahanoy Township
Mahanoy Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Mahanoy Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Ryan Township (A+), West Mahanoy Township (A−), Shenandoah (C+). East Union Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Mahanoy 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 | Mahanoy Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Mahanoy Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 30.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Crime in Mahanoy 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
0 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.
0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Mahanoy Township’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mahanoy Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mahanoy Township’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
One person died in crashes on Mahanoy Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mahanoy Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Mahanoy Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mahanoy Township’s own rate (6.6) 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.
Mahanoy Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| East Union Township | — | — | — |
| Ryan Township | A+ | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| West Mahanoy Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Shenandoah | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Union Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahanoy Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Patterson Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Pulaski Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Churchill | A− | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Orwigsburg | A− | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Pymatuning Township | B | 1.4 | 10.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Mahanoy Township’s population (3,022), 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 Mahanoy 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 Mahanoy Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,915 in 2025); our figure for Mahanoy Township is 3,022 (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 Mahanoy Township
Is Mahanoy Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mahanoy Township reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #6 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.0 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 Mahanoy Township?
0.0 violent and 1.2 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 Mahanoy Township safer than Ryan Township?
Ryan Township reports more crime per resident than Mahanoy Township: Ryan Township grades A+ for safety and Mahanoy Township A+. Ryan Township’s police reported 0.1 violent and 3.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mahanoy Township?
Mahanoy Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mahanoy 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.