Photo: Smallbones · Public domainNewtown Township reports less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Scored on crimes Newtown Township’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety: #97 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Add to that, in a usual year, 0.2 violent crime and 3.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Pennsylvania, 2.9 and 17.5. The crimes the grade counts fell 44% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Among its 5 neighbors with figures, only one 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 Newtown Township
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Newtown Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Upper Providence Township (A+), Willistown Township (A), Easttown Township (A−), Radnor Township (A−), Marple Township (B+). Edgmont Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Newtown Township has 14,768 jobs based in town for 15,438 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 Newtown 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Newtown Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Newtown Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.1 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Newtown Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3 | 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
Newtown Township’s police reported 11 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 Newtown 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.
47 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 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Newtown Township’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Newtown Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Newtown Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
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 Newtown Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newtown Township’s own rate (3.9) 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.
Newtown Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Township | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Willistown Township | A | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Edgmont Township | — | — | — |
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Marple Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| Upper Providence Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Easttown Township | A− | 0.8 | 4.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Edgmont Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown Township | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Patton Township | B+ | 0.5 | 10.4 |
| Washington Township | B | 0.8 | 11.6 |
| Robinson Township | B− | 0.8 | 15.6 |
| Caln Township | C+ | 2.1 | 14.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Newtown Township’s population (15,438), 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 Newtown 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 Newtown Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,608 in 2025); our figure for Newtown Township is 15,438 (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 Newtown Township
Is Newtown Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newtown Township reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #97 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 Newtown Township?
0.2 violent and 3.8 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 Newtown Township safer than Willistown Township?
Willistown Township reports more crime per resident than Newtown Township: Willistown Township grades A for safety and Newtown Township A. Willistown Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 2.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newtown Township?
Newtown Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newtown Township, Delaware County”. 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.