Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Moon Township reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Moon Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #268 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 Moon Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Moon Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Findlay Township (A), Sewickley (A−), Robinson Township (B−), North Fayette Township (B−), Coraopolis (C+). Crescent Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Edgeworth reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Hopewell 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 Moon Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 54% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 75% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Moon Township is home to Robert Morris University, with 4,194 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 11% 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 ↓
A job center
Moon Township has 19,546 jobs based in town for 26,756 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Moon 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
Moon Township’s police reported 59 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.
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| Year | Moon Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 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 | Moon Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Moon Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
198 crimes reported in 2025
24 violent and 174 property, as reported to the FBI by Moon 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 Moon Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Moon Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Moon Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Moon Township’s own rate (5.2) 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.
Moon Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Robinson Township | B− | 0.8 | 15.6 |
| Findlay Township | A | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| North Fayette Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.6 |
| Coraopolis | C+ | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| Crescent Township | — | — | — |
| Edgeworth | — | — | — |
| Sewickley | A− | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| Hopewell Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Crescent Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Edgeworth reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Hopewell Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Shaler Township | A | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Upper Dublin Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Bethlehem Township | B+ | 0.5 | 10.9 |
| Lebanon | B− | 1.7 | 12.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Moon Township’s population (26,756), 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 Moon 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 Moon Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,639 in 2025); our figure for Moon Township is 26,756 (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 Moon Township
Is Moon Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Moon Township reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #268 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 Moon Township?
0.7 violent and 6.9 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 Moon 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 Moon Township in 2025?
Moon 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 Moon Township safer than Robinson Township?
Robinson Township reports more crime per resident than Moon Township: Robinson Township grades B− for safety and Moon Township A−. Robinson Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 15.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Moon Township?
Moon Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Moon 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.