Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Mount Carmel Township than in 87% of U.S. towns
Counting crimes Mount Carmel Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Police counts work out at 0.5 violent crime and 4.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they 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 Mount Carmel Township
Mount Carmel Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Mount Carmel Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Kulpmont (B+), Coal Township (B). Cleveland Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Mount Carmel 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mount Carmel Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mount Carmel Township’s police reported 4 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.
Crime in Mount Carmel 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Mount Carmel Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Mount Carmel Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.4 | 19.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 16.1 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
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.
9 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.
3 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Carmel Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Mount Carmel Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Carmel Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mount Carmel Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Carmel Township’s own rate (16.0) 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.
Mount Carmel Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Township | A | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Cleveland Township | — | — | — |
| Kulpmont | B+ | 0.2 | 9.7 |
| Coal Township | B | 0.8 | 12.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cleveland Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Township | A | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| McAdoo | A+ | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| West Fallowfield Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Penndel | A+ | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| West Sadsbury Township | B− | 1.1 | 16.3 |
| Eddystone | D | 5.9 | 30.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Mount Carmel Township’s population (2,469), 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 Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,446 in 2025); our figure for Mount Carmel Township is 2,469 (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 Mount Carmel Township
Is Mount Carmel Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Carmel Township reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade. 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 Mount Carmel Township?
0.5 violent and 4.1 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 Mount Carmel Township safer than Kulpmont?
Kulpmont reports more crime per resident than Mount Carmel Township: Kulpmont grades B+ for safety and Mount Carmel Township A. Kulpmont’s police reported 0.2 violent and 9.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mount Carmel Township?
Mount Carmel Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mount Carmel 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.