Photo: BigCheddah · CC BY-SA 4.0Millersville sees less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
It has less violent crime than 96% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 81%. The Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crimes Millersville’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #119 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Its police logs show 0.2 violent crime and 4.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Pennsylvania the numbers are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Millersville
Millersville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Millersville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Manor Township (A). Lancaster Township and Pequea Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Millersville is home to Millersville University of Pennsylvania, with 5,833 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 44% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Millersville’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 | Millersville | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Millersville’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Millersville 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Millersville property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Millersville violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.7 | 19.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 4.7 | 17.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 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.
49 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.
0 violent and 49 property, as reported to the FBI by Millersville’s police.
No one died in a crash on Millersville’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Millersville’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Millersville’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Millersville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersville | A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Manor Township | A | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Lancaster Township | — | — | — |
| Pequea Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lancaster Township and Pequea Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millersville | A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Kennett Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Chartiers Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Conshohocken | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Perkasie | B+ | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| Oil City | B | 1.5 | 8.9 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Millersville’s population (9,280), 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 Millersville. 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 Millersville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,700 in 2025); our figure for Millersville is 9,280 (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 Millersville
Is Millersville, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Millersville reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #119 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 Millersville?
0.2 violent and 4.8 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.
Is Millersville safer than Manor Township?
Manor Township reports more crime per resident than Millersville: Manor Township grades A for safety and Millersville A. Manor Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 2.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Millersville?
Millersville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Millersville”. 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.