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Safety in Mount Joy Township · Not graded

Crime and safety in Mount Joy Township, PA

Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Mount Joy Township has nothing to grade it on. Bonneauville, 4 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A+). Count 6 graded towns in the 10 miles around.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
BonneauvilleA+4 mi0.21.9
Cumberland TownshipA5 mi0.23.6
LittlestownA−5 mi0.55.7
GettysburgB+5 mi1.35.1
Conewago TownshipB+9 mi1.55.6
McSherrystownB9 mi1.96.2

Straight-line distance from the center of Mount Joy Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mount Joy Township.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Mount Joy Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Mount Joy Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

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 Joy 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 Joy Township’s own rate (5.2) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
5.2
per 100,000 a year · Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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.

Next door

Mount Joy Township and its neighbors

Germany Township: not gradedCumberland Township: Safety Grade AMount Pleasant Township: not gradedStraban Township: not gradedGermany TownshipCumberland TownshipMount Pleasant TownshipStraban TownshipMount Joy Township
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Germany Township———
Cumberland TownshipA0.23.6
Mount Pleasant Township———
Straban Township———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Germany Township, Mount Pleasant Township and Straban Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Joy Township

Is Mount Joy Township, PA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Mount Joy Township. Mount Joy Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Bonneauville (A+, 4 mi), Cumberland Township (A, 5 mi), Littlestown (A−, 5 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.