Photo: Vasiliymeshko · CC BY-SA 3.0Pittston Township has more property crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
All 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Taking everything together, Pittston Township scores C− (#530 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Behind the grade sit 2.1 violent crimes and 28.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. What’s more, the graded rate fell 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Pittston Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Pittston Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Avoca (A), Pittston (A), Hughestown (A−), Dupont (B). Spring Brook Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Jenkins Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Pittston Township has 8,312 jobs based in town for 3,295 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Pittston 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Pittston Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Pittston Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.6 | 19.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 33.5 | 17.3 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 22.5 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pittston Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pittston Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 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 Pittston 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
79 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.
5 violent and 74 property, as reported to the FBI by Pittston Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Pittston Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Pittston Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Pittston Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pittston Township’s own rate (24.9) 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.
Pittston Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston Township | C− | 2.1 | 28.8 |
| Pittston | A | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Dupont | B | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| Spring Brook Township | — | — | — |
| Jenkins Township | — | — | — |
| Hughestown | A− | 0.5 | 5.2 |
| Avoca | A | 0.1 | 3.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Spring Brook Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Jenkins Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittston Township | C− | 2.1 | 28.8 |
| Ohioville | A | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| Etna | A− | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| Nesquehoning | B+ | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| Penbrook | C+ | 3.6 | 10.9 |
| Conewango Township | C− | 3.3 | 26.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Pittston Township’s population (3,295), 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 Pittston 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 Pittston Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,283 in 2025); our figure for Pittston Township is 3,295 (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 Pittston Township
Is Pittston Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pittston Township reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #530 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.1 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 Pittston Township?
2.1 violent and 28.8 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 Pittston Township safer than Pittston?
Pittston reports less crime per resident than Pittston Township: Pittston grades A for safety and Pittston Township C−. Pittston’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pittston Township?
Pittston Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pittston 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.