McCandless Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by McCandless Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #259 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 McCandless Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on McCandless Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Franklin Park (A+), Hampton Township (A), Ross Township (C). Pine Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so McCandless Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 76% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind McCandless 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
McCandless Township’s police reported 67 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | McCandless Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | McCandless Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | McCandless Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.6 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
187 crimes reported in 2025
15 violent and 172 property, as reported to the FBI by McCandless Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on McCandless Township’s roads in 2019–2023
McCandless Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of McCandless Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so McCandless Township’s own rate (4.8) 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.
McCandless Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
| Hampton Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Pine Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Park | A+ | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pine Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Susquehanna Township | B− | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Monroeville | C | 1.4 | 23.3 |
| Swatara Township | C | 1.6 | 25.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to McCandless Township’s population (28,439), by grade.
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 McCandless 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 McCandless Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,444 in 2025); our figure for McCandless Township is 28,439 (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 McCandless Township
Is McCandless Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, McCandless Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #259 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.8 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 McCandless Township?
0.8 violent and 6.5 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 crime going up or down in McCandless Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in McCandless Township in 2025?
McCandless 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 McCandless Township safer than Ross Township?
Ross Township reports more crime per resident than McCandless Township: Ross Township grades C for safety and McCandless Township A−. Ross Township’s police reported 0.9 violent and 23.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices McCandless Township?
McCandless Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “McCandless”. 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.