Photo: Lucius Kwok · CC BY 2.5Radnor Township reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Radnor Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #253 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 Radnor Township
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Radnor Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Newtown Township (A), Marple Township (B+), Haverford Township (B+), Lower Merion Township (B−), Upper Merion Township (C−). Tredyffrin Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Radnor Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 56% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 77% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Radnor Township is home to Villanova University, with 8,998 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 29% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Radnor Township has 21,577 jobs based in town for 32,930 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 Radnor 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Radnor Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Radnor Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.1 | 19.1 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 16.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Radnor Township’s police reported 80 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Radnor Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
162 crimes reported in 2025
28 violent and 134 property, as reported to the FBI by Radnor Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
Four people died in crashes on Radnor Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Radnor Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Radnor Township’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Radnor Township’s own rate (2.4) 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.
Radnor Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Haverford Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Newtown Township | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Tredyffrin Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Merion Township | C− | 0.9 | 35.0 |
| Marple Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tredyffrin Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Mount Lebanon | A− | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| Warminster Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
| Chester | D | 8.4 | 20.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Radnor Township’s population (32,930), by grade.
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 Radnor 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 Radnor Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,363 in 2025); our figure for Radnor Township is 32,930 (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 Radnor Township
Is Radnor Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Radnor Township reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #253 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.8 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 Radnor Township?
0.8 violent and 6.3 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 crime going up or down in Radnor Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Radnor Township in 2025?
Radnor Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Radnor Township safer than Haverford Township?
Haverford Township reports more crime per resident than Radnor Township: Haverford Township grades B+ for safety and Radnor Township A−. Haverford Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 10.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Radnor Township?
Radnor Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Radnor Township Police Department”. 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.