Ridley Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Ridley Township grades B for safety (#347 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Ridley Township
3 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Ridley Township’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Nether Providence Township (A), Ridley Park (A), Swarthmore (A), Prospect Park (B−), Springfield Township (C), Tinicum Township (C−), Eddystone (D), Chester (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Ridley Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 40% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 63% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ridley 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 Ridley Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ridley Township’s police reported 52 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 | Ridley Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 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.
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 | Ridley Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Ridley Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.7 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
453 crimes reported in 2025
17 violent and 436 property, as reported to the FBI by Ridley 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.
Five people died in crashes on Ridley Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ridley Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (3 of 5) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Ridley Township’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ridley Township’s own rate (3.2) 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.
Ridley Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Ridley Park | A | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| Eddystone | D | 5.9 | 30.7 |
| Nether Providence Township | A | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Prospect Park | B− | 2.3 | 7.7 |
| Chester | D | 8.4 | 20.3 |
| Swarthmore | A | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Springfield Township | C | 0.7 | 26.2 |
| Tinicum Township | C− | 2.6 | 29.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| North Huntingdon Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.9 |
| Hazleton | B | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| Easton | B | 1.7 | 9.5 |
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Ridley Township’s population (30,956), 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 Ridley 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 Ridley Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,189 in 2025); our figure for Ridley Township is 30,956 (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 Ridley Township
Is Ridley Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ridley Township reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #347 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.6 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 Ridley Township?
0.6 violent and 11.5 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 Ridley Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Ridley Township in 2025?
Ridley 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 Ridley Township safer than Ridley Park?
Ridley Park reports less crime per resident than Ridley Township: Ridley Park grades A for safety and Ridley Township B. Ridley Park’s police reported 0.6 violent and 4.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ridley Township?
Ridley Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ridley 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.