Photo: Steveweb · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Ohio Township than in 92% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 97% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 82%. Scored on crimes Ohio 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, each year brought 0.1 violent crime and 4.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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 Ohio Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on Ohio Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Franklin Park (A+), Ross Township (C). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ohio 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 | Ohio Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Ohio Township’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Ohio 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 | Ohio Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Ohio Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.6 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 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.
71 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 70 property, as reported to the FBI by Ohio Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Ohio Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ohio Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) 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 Ohio Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ohio Township’s own rate (5.5) 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.
Ohio Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | A | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Franklin Park | A+ | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Township | A | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Cumberland Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Ridley Park | A | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| White Oak | A− | 0.3 | 6.2 |
| Souderton | B+ | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| DuBois | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Ohio Township’s population (7,268), 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,713 in 2025); our figure for Ohio Township is 7,268 (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 Ohio Township
Is Ohio Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ohio 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 0.1 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 Ohio Township?
0.1 violent and 4.5 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 Ohio Township safer than Franklin Park?
Franklin Park reports less crime per resident than Ohio Township: Franklin Park grades A+ for safety and Ohio Township A. Franklin Park’s police reported 0.4 violent and 2.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ohio Township?
Ohio Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ohio 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.