Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorth Sewickley Township records less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 92%. From 2023 to 2025, crimes North Sewickley Township’s police reported put it at A for safety: #79 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. In a usual year, 0.4 violent crime and 2.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Pennsylvania, 2.9 and 17.5.
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 North Sewickley Township
North Sewickley Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on North Sewickley Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Franklin Township (A), Ellwood City (B+), Beaver Falls (B−). Big Beaver, Daugherty Township and Wayne Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township and New Beaver reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Sewickley 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Sewickley Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Sewickley Township’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 North Sewickley 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 | North Sewickley Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | North Sewickley Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.7 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.5 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
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.
20 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.
1 violent and 19 property, as reported to the FBI by North Sewickley Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on North Sewickley Township’s roads in 2019–2023
North Sewickley Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) 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 North Sewickley Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Sewickley Township’s own rate (3.7) 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.
North Sewickley Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Sewickley Township | A | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Ellwood City | B+ | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| Big Beaver | — | — | — |
| Beaver Falls | B− | 1.7 | 12.4 |
| New Sewickley Township | — | — | — |
| Daugherty Township | — | — | — |
| New Beaver | — | — | — |
| Wayne Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Big Beaver, Daugherty Township and Wayne Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. New Sewickley Township and New Beaver reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Sewickley Township | A | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Luzerne Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Selinsgrove | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Hollidaysburg | B+ | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| Monaca | B | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Greenville | C+ | 2.8 | 9.8 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to North Sewickley Township’s population (5,441), 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 North Sewickley 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 North Sewickley Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,414 in 2025); our figure for North Sewickley Township is 5,441 (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 North Sewickley Township
Is North Sewickley Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Sewickley Township reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #79 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.4 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 North Sewickley Township?
0.4 violent and 2.8 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 North Sewickley Township safer than Franklin Township?
Franklin Township reports more crime per resident than North Sewickley Township: Franklin Township grades A for safety and North Sewickley Township A. Franklin Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Sewickley Township?
North Sewickley Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Sewickley 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.