Thomas Leiper Estate · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Violent crime per resident is lower in Nether Providence Township than in 90% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 0.3 violent crime and 4.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Measured on crimes Nether Providence Township’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #149 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The rate the grade counts dropped 27% from 2023 to 2025. One of the 7 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Nether Providence Township
1 of the 7 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Nether Providence Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Upper Providence Township (A+), Swarthmore (A), Marple Township (B+), Ridley Township (B), Brookhaven (C), Springfield Township (C), Chester (D). Rose Valley 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 Nether Providence Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 74% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 88% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Nether Providence 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
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| Year | Nether Providence Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Nether Providence Township’s police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 | Nether Providence Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Nether Providence Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.8 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Crime in Nether Providence 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.
57 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 54 property, as reported to the FBI by Nether Providence Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Nether Providence Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Nether Providence Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Nether Providence Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Nether Providence Township’s own rate (2.8) 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.
Nether Providence Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Providence Township | A | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Springfield Township | C | 0.7 | 26.2 |
| Swarthmore | A | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Rose Valley | — | — | — |
| Chester | D | 8.4 | 20.3 |
| Brookhaven | C | 1.1 | 23.5 |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Upper Providence Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Marple Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rose Valley has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Providence Township | A | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Whitehall | A | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Plumstead Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Richland Township | B | 0.5 | 12.5 |
| Greensburg | B | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| East Norriton Township | C+ | 1.3 | 17.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Nether Providence Township’s population (14,468), 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 Nether Providence 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 Nether Providence Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,599 in 2025); our figure for Nether Providence Township is 14,468 (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 Nether Providence Township
Is Nether Providence Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Nether Providence Township reports less crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #149 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.3 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 Nether Providence Township?
0.3 violent and 4.6 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 Nether Providence Township safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports more crime per resident than Nether Providence Township: Springfield Township grades C for safety and Nether Providence Township A. Springfield Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Nether Providence Township?
Nether Providence Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Nether Providence 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.