Per resident, Penn Township records less crime than two in three U.S. towns
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Year on year, 1.4 violent crimes and 7.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Add to that, the grade is B+, built on crimes Penn Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #333 of 578 graded towns in 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 Penn Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Penn Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: West Manheim Township (A−), Conewago Township (B+), Hanover (C). Heidelberg Township and Berwick Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Penn Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 42% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 65% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Penn 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 | Penn Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Penn Township’s police reported 76 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Penn 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 | Penn Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Penn Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 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.
143 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.
15 violent and 128 property, as reported to the FBI by Penn Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Penn Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer 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 Penn Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Penn Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Penn Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | B+ | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| West Manheim Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.9 |
| Hanover | C | 1.2 | 23.3 |
| Heidelberg Township | — | — | — |
| Berwick Township | — | — | — |
| Conewago Township | B+ | 1.5 | 5.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Heidelberg Township and Berwick Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Township | B+ | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Ferguson Township | A− | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| West Mifflin | C− | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Penn Township’s population (18,523), 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 Penn 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 Penn Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,684 in 2025); our figure for Penn Township is 18,523 (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 Penn Township
Is Penn Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Penn Township reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #333 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.4 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 Penn Township?
1.4 violent and 7.7 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.
Is Penn Township safer than West Manheim Township?
West Manheim Township reports less crime per resident than Penn Township: West Manheim Township grades A− for safety and Penn Township B+. West Manheim Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Penn Township?
Penn Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Penn Township, York County”. 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.