Photo: Grantg98 · CC BY-SA 4.0Montgomery Township has less violent crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Overall, Montgomery Township grades B for safety (#399 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.5 violent crime and 14.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. What’s more, the graded rate fell 19% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Montgomery Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Montgomery Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Warrington Township (A−), Horsham Township (B+), Hatfield Township (B+), Lansdale (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Montgomery Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 55% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Montgomery Township has 16,433 jobs based in town for 26,210 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Montgomery Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Montgomery Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Montgomery Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Montgomery Township’s police reported 37 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Montgomery Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Montgomery Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 30.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 15.7 | 19.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
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 Montgomery 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
348 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.
6 violent and 342 property, as reported to the FBI by Montgomery Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Montgomery Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Montgomery Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
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 Montgomery Township’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Montgomery Township’s own rate (4.6) 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.
Montgomery Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Township | B | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| Lansdale | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Township | B | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| Lower Providence Township | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Moon Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Exeter Township | B | 0.7 | 13.2 |
| Lebanon | B− | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Montgomery Township’s population (26,210), 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,384 in 2025); our figure for Montgomery Township is 26,210 (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 Montgomery Township
Is Montgomery Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Montgomery Township reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #399 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Montgomery Township?
0.5 violent and 14.8 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 Montgomery Township in 2025?
Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township safer than Lansdale?
Lansdale reports less crime per resident than Montgomery Township: Lansdale grades B for safety and Montgomery Township B. Lansdale’s police reported 1.0 violent and 9.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Montgomery Township?
Montgomery Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Montgomery 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.