Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0In Manheim Township, the kinds of crime the grade counts rose 54% per resident from 2023 to 2025
For every 1,000 residents, 0.7 violent crime and 7.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Pennsylvania, the figures are 2.9 and 17.5. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#284 of 578 graded towns in 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 Manheim Township
Manheim Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Manheim Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: East Hempfield Township (B+), East Lampeter Township (C+). Lancaster reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Upper Leacock Township, East Petersburg, Warwick Township, Lancaster Township and Penn Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Manheim Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 73% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Manheim Township has 27,659 jobs based in town for 44,826 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Manheim 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 | Manheim Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Manheim Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.7 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Manheim Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Manheim Township’s police reported 122 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Manheim 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
506 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.
34 violent and 472 property, as reported to the FBI by Manheim Township’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Manheim Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Manheim Township had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 7.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Manheim Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| East Hempfield Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Lancaster | — | — | — |
| Upper Leacock Township | — | — | — |
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| East Petersburg | — | — | — |
| Warwick Township | — | — | — |
| Lancaster Township | — | — | — |
| Penn Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lancaster reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Upper Leacock Township, East Petersburg, Warwick Township, Lancaster Township and Penn Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manheim Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| Northampton Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| State College | B | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Altoona | C | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| Wilkes-Barre | C− | 4.2 | 15.3 |
| York | C− | 5.0 | 18.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Manheim Township’s population (44,826), 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 Manheim 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 Manheim Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,560 in 2025); our figure for Manheim Township is 44,826 (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 Manheim Township
Is Manheim Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Manheim Township reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #284 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.7 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 Manheim Township?
0.7 violent and 7.8 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.
How many homicides were there in Manheim Township in 2025?
Manheim Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Manheim Township safer than East Hempfield Township?
East Hempfield Township reports more crime per resident than Manheim Township: East Hempfield Township grades B+ for safety and Manheim Township B+. East Hempfield Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Manheim Township?
Manheim Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Manheim 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.