Photo: Andrew Shansby from Hyattsville, United States · CC BY 2.0Ralpho Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ralpho Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A+ for safety: #61 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 Ralpho Township
Ralpho Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Ralpho Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Coal Township (B). Cleveland Township, Shamokin Township and Rush Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ralpho 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And no violent crimes, 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Ralpho Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Ralpho Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.6 | 30.3 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
14 crimes reported in 2025
0 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Ralpho 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ralpho Township’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 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 | Ralpho Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Five people died in crashes on Ralpho Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ralpho Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
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 Ralpho Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ralpho Township’s own rate (24.0) 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.
Ralpho Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralpho Township | A+ | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Cleveland Township | — | — | — |
| Shamokin Township | — | — | — |
| Coal Township | B | 0.8 | 12.4 |
| Rush Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cleveland Township, Shamokin Township and Rush Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralpho Township | A+ | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Bethel Township | A+ | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Smith Township | A | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Tarentum | B | 1.9 | 8.5 |
| Shenandoah | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| Lansford | C | 6.2 | 4.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Ralpho Township’s population (4,181), 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 Ralpho 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 Ralpho Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,174 in 2025); our figure for Ralpho Township is 4,181 (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 Ralpho Township
Is Ralpho Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ralpho Township reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #61 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.0 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 Ralpho Township?
0.0 violent and 3.6 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 Ralpho Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ralpho Township safer than Coal Township?
Coal Township reports more crime per resident than Ralpho Township: Coal Township grades B for safety and Ralpho Township A+. Coal Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ralpho Township?
Ralpho Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ralpho 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.