Recorded crime in Penn Forest Township, without a grade
Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 42. Franklin Township, 7 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B). For 2023–2025, the FBI has no crime figures for Penn Forest Township itself, so it has no Safety Grade.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | B | 7 mi | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Lehighton | B | 10 mi | 1.2 | 10.4 |
| Weatherly | D | 10 mi | 6.5 | 39.0 |
| Jim Thorpe | B− | 10 mi | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Palmerton | A− | 11 mi | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Nesquehoning | B+ | 11 mi | 1.1 | 7.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Penn Forest Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Penn Forest Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
13 people died in crashes on Penn Forest Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Penn Forest Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died.
That is 25.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.8, 579 towns).
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.
Penn Forest Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidder Township | — | — | — |
| Jim Thorpe | B− | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Polk Township | — | — | — |
| Tunkhannock Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Towamensing Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kidder Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Polk Township, Tunkhannock Township and Towamensing Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Penn Forest Township
Is Penn Forest Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Penn Forest Township. Penn Forest Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Franklin Township (B, 7 mi), Lehighton (B, 10 mi), Weatherly (D, 10 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Penn Forest Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.