Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Rice Township reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Rice Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #109 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 Rice Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Rice Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Fairview Township (A+), Wright Township (A). Dorrance Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Rice 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
Rice Township’s police reported 8 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 | Rice Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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.
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Rice Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Rice Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
9 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by Rice 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.
Four people died in crashes on Rice Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Rice Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (4 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Rice Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rice Township’s own rate (21.6) 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.
Rice Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Township | A | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Wright Township | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Fairview Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Dorrance Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dorrance Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Township | A | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Tinicum Township | A | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Point Township | A | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Freeland | B+ | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| Foster Township | B | 0.3 | 12.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Rice Township’s population (3,834), 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 Rice 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 Rice Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,838 in 2025); our figure for Rice Township is 3,834 (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 Rice Township
Is Rice Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rice Township reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #109 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.7 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 Rice Township?
0.7 violent and 2.4 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 Rice Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Rice Township safer than Wright Township?
Wright Township reports more crime per resident than Rice Township: Wright Township grades A for safety and Rice Township A. Wright Township’s police reported 0.5 violent and 4.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rice Township?
Rice Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rice 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.