Photo: Alyssa Gormish, UPJ student · CC BY-SA 3.0Richland Township has more property crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Richland Township grades C− for safety overall (#518 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, the rate the grade counts dropped 43% from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 28.1, against 2.9 and 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 Richland Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Richland Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Adams Township (A+), Conemaugh Township (A), Conemaugh Township (A), Geistown (A). Paint Township and Stonycreek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Richland Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 10% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 24% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Richland Township is home to the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, with 1,940 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 17% 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
Richland Township has 10,791 jobs based in town for 11,936 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 Richland Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Richland Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Richland Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Richland Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.2 | 19.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 28.7 | 17.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 19.4 | 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 | Richland Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Richland Township’s police reported 39 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Richland 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.
250 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.
18 violent and 232 property, as reported to the FBI by Richland Township’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Richland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Richland Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than 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 Richland Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Richland Township’s own rate (14.9) 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.
Richland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | C− | 1.1 | 28.1 |
| Paint Township | — | — | — |
| Geistown | A | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| Conemaugh Township (township) | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Adams Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Stonycreek Township | — | — | — |
| Conemaugh Township (township) | A | 0.5 | 2.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Paint Township and Stonycreek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Township | C− | 1.1 | 28.1 |
| Elizabethtown | B+ | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| Logan Township | B | 0.3 | 12.9 |
| Hanover Township | B− | 2.5 | 8.7 |
| Meadville | C− | 4.9 | 13.3 |
| New Kensington | C− | 3.9 | 23.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Richland Township’s population (11,936), 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 Richland 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 Richland Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,947 in 2025); our figure for Richland Township is 11,936 (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 Richland Township
Is Richland Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Richland Township reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #518 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.1 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 Richland Township?
1.1 violent and 28.1 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 Richland Township safer than Geistown?
Geistown reports less crime per resident than Richland Township: Geistown grades A for safety and Richland Township C−. Geistown’s police reported 0.9 violent and 2.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Richland Township?
Richland Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Richland Township, Cambria County”. 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.