Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0New Britain Township records less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
On violence it beats 93% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 84%. The grade is A, built on crimes New Britain Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #109 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.2 violent crime and 4.2 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 New Britain Township
New Britain Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on New Britain Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Doylestown Township (A−), Hilltown Township (A−), Warrington Township (A−), Hatfield Township (B+). Chalfont and New Britain have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind New Britain 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 | New Britain Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 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
New Britain Township’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 New Britain 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | New Britain Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | New Britain Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.4 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 |
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.
42 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.
2 violent and 40 property, as reported to the FBI by New Britain Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on New Britain Township’s roads in 2019–2023
New Britain Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 New Britain Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Britain Township’s own rate (8.1) 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.
New Britain Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Chalfont | — | — | — |
| Doylestown Township | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Hilltown Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| New Britain | — | — | — |
| Hatfield Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Chalfont and New Britain have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| West Deer Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Elizabeth Township | A− | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| Jefferson Hills | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Lower Gwynedd Township | B+ | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| St. Marys | B | 1.7 | 6.8 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to New Britain Township’s population (12,377), 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 New Britain 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 New Britain Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,360 in 2025); our figure for New Britain Township is 12,377 (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 New Britain Township
Is New Britain Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Britain Township reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #109 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 New Britain Township?
0.2 violent and 4.2 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 New Britain Township safer than Doylestown Township?
Doylestown Township reports more crime per resident than New Britain Township: Doylestown Township grades A− for safety and New Britain Township A. Doylestown Township’s police reported 0.5 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Britain Township?
New Britain Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Britain 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.