Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0North Strabane Township reports less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
On the record of crimes North Strabane Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A for safety: #119 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Add to that, it has less violent crime than 75% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 94%. Annual rates stand at 0.8 violent crime and 2.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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 North Strabane Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on North Strabane Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Cecil Township (A+), Chartiers Township (A), Canonsburg (A), Peters Township (A−), South Strabane Township (D). Nottingham Township and Somerset Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Houston reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Strabane 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 Strabane Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 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
North Strabane Township’s police reported 40 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Strabane 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | North Strabane Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | North Strabane Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 | 30.4 | 1.2 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
51 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.
13 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by North Strabane Township’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on North Strabane Township’s roads in 2019–2023
North Strabane Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. Most of these deaths (5 of 9) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than 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 Strabane Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Strabane Township’s own rate (11.0) 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 Strabane Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Strabane Township | A | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Chartiers Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Peters Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| Nottingham Township | — | — | — |
| South Strabane Township | D | 1.0 | 41.9 |
| Cecil Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Canonsburg | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Houston | — | — | — |
| Somerset Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Nottingham Township and Somerset Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Houston reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Strabane Township | A | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Hampton Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Upper Gwynedd Township | A | 0.2 | 5.5 |
| West Lampeter Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Towamencin Township | A− | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Johnstown | D | 5.8 | 25.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to North Strabane Township’s population (17,433), 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 Strabane 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 Strabane Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,442 in 2025); our figure for North Strabane Township is 17,433 (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 Strabane Township
Is North Strabane Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Strabane Township reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #119 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.8 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 Strabane Township?
0.8 violent and 2.3 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 Strabane Township safer than Chartiers Township?
Chartiers Township reports less crime per resident than North Strabane Township: Chartiers Township grades A for safety and North Strabane Township A. Chartiers Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Strabane Township?
North Strabane Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Strabane 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.