Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Northampton Township records less crime than 95% of U.S. towns
From 2023 to 2025, crimes Northampton Township’s police reported put it at A+ for safety: #61 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Year on year, 0.2 violent crime and 2.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Its two neighbors with figures both record more 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 Northampton Township
Northampton Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Northampton Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Upper Southampton Township (A), Lower Southampton Township (B). Wrightstown Township and Middletown Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Newtown Township and Warwick Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Langhorne reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Northampton 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 | Northampton Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Northampton Township’s police reported 28 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 Northampton 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 | Northampton Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Northampton Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 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.
93 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.
12 violent and 81 property, as reported to the FBI by Northampton Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Northampton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Northampton Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Northampton Township’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Northampton Township’s own rate (2.5) 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.
Northampton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Wrightstown Township | — | — | — |
| Middletown Township | — | — | — |
| Newtown Township | — | — | — |
| Warwick Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Southampton Township | B | 0.8 | 10.6 |
| Upper Southampton Township | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Langhorne | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wrightstown Township and Middletown Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Newtown Township and Warwick Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Langhorne reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| State College | B | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Altoona | C | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| Norristown | C− | 4.5 | 18.9 |
| Upper Merion Township | C− | 0.9 | 35.0 |
| Cheltenham Township | D− | 2.6 | 61.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Northampton Township’s population (39,919), 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 Northampton 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 Northampton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (40,180 in 2025); our figure for Northampton Township is 39,919 (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 Northampton Township
Is Northampton Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Northampton Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #61 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 Northampton Township?
0.2 violent and 2.7 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.
How many homicides were there in Northampton Township in 2025?
Northampton Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Northampton Township safer than Lower Southampton Township?
Lower Southampton Township reports more crime per resident than Northampton Township: Lower Southampton Township grades B for safety and Northampton Township A+. Lower Southampton Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Northampton Township?
Northampton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Northampton 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.