Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Plymouth than in 95% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 83%. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 25% from 2023 to 2025. The grade is D, built on crimes Plymouth’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #569 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Typical years here bring 10.2 violent crimes plus 23.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 2.9 plus 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 Plymouth
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Plymouth’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Hanover Township (B−). Plymouth Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Larksville reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Plymouth’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Plymouth property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Plymouth violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.2 | 30.3 | 10.3 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 30.1 | 19.0 | 12.5 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | 17.4 | 8.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Plymouth | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Plymouth’s police reported 177 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 10.2 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 Plymouth 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 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
185 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.
57 violent and 128 property, as reported to the FBI by Plymouth’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Plymouth’s roads in 2019–2023
Plymouth had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Plymouth’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Plymouth’s own rate (10.4) 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.
Plymouth and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | D | 10.2 | 23.7 |
| Plymouth Township | — | — | — |
| Larksville | — | — | — |
| Hanover Township | B− | 2.5 | 8.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Plymouth Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Larksville reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | D | 10.2 | 23.7 |
| Bellefonte | A+ | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Oxford | B | 2.5 | 5.6 |
| Edinboro | B− | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| Crafton | C+ | 1.7 | 18.1 |
| Bridgeport | C | 1.1 | 22.8 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Plymouth’s population (5,801), 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 Plymouth. 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 Plymouth’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,825 in 2025); our figure for Plymouth is 5,801 (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 Plymouth
Is Plymouth, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Plymouth reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #569 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 10.2 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 Plymouth?
10.2 violent and 23.7 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 Plymouth safer than Hanover Township?
Hanover Township reports less crime per resident than Plymouth: Hanover Township grades B− for safety and Plymouth D. Hanover Township’s police reported 2.5 violent and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Plymouth?
Plymouth’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Plymouth”. 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.