Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Muhlenberg Township records less violent crime than 81% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 38% from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.6 violent crime and 15.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Overall, Muhlenberg Township grades B− for safety (#415 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025.
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 Muhlenberg Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Muhlenberg Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Bern Township (B+), Reading (C). Alsace Township, Ontelaunee Township and Ruscombmanor Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Muhlenberg Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 28% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 51% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Muhlenberg Township has 14,157 jobs based in town for 22,504 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 Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.7) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Muhlenberg Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Muhlenberg Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Muhlenberg Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Muhlenberg Township’s police reported 41 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Muhlenberg 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.
280 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. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
15 violent and 265 property, as reported to the FBI by Muhlenberg Township’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Muhlenberg Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Muhlenberg Township had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 11.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.8, 579 towns).
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.
Muhlenberg Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg Township | B− | 0.6 | 15.7 |
| Bern Township | B+ | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Reading | C | 3.5 | 14.7 |
| Alsace Township | — | — | — |
| Ontelaunee Township | — | — | — |
| Ruscombmanor Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Alsace Township, Ontelaunee Township and Ruscombmanor Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg Township | B− | 0.6 | 15.7 |
| Manor Township | A | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| Peters Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| Palmer Township | B | 0.4 | 12.0 |
| Carlisle | B− | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| Pottstown | D | 7.4 | 33.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Muhlenberg Township’s population (22,504), 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 Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,609 in 2025); our figure for Muhlenberg Township is 22,504 (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 Muhlenberg Township
Is Muhlenberg Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Muhlenberg Township reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #415 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.6 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 Muhlenberg Township?
0.6 violent and 15.7 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 Muhlenberg Township safer than Bern Township?
Bern Township reports less crime per resident than Muhlenberg Township: Bern Township grades B+ for safety and Muhlenberg Township B−. Bern Township’s police reported 1.3 violent and 6.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Muhlenberg Township?
Muhlenberg Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Muhlenberg Township Police Department”. 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.