Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Ross Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Ross Township grades C for safety (#487 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 67% 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 Ross Township
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Ross Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Reserve Township (A), Ohio Township (A), Shaler Township (A), McCandless Township (A−), Bellevue (B−), Pittsburgh (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Ross Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 33% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Ross 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 Ross Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Ross Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Ross Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.8 | 30.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 18.7 | 19.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 26.1 | 17.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 24.8 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ross Township’s police reported 83 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 | Ross Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 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.
829 crimes reported in 2025
31 violent and 798 property, as reported to the FBI by Ross 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.
10 people died in crashes on Ross Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ross Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 towns).
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.
Ross Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
| Pittsburgh | D | 4.7 | 23.8 |
| Bellevue | B− | 1.6 | 11.9 |
| Reserve Township | A | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Shaler Township | A | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Ohio Township | A | 0.1 | 4.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | C | 0.9 | 23.2 |
| Mount Lebanon | A− | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| North Huntingdon Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.9 |
| Radnor Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.3 |
| Warminster Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Ross Township’s population (32,218), 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 Ross 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 Ross Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,194 in 2025); our figure for Ross Township is 32,218 (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 Ross Township
Is Ross Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ross Township reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #487 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.9 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 Ross Township?
0.9 violent and 23.2 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 Ross Township?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Ross Township in 2025?
Ross 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 Ross Township safer than Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh reports more crime per resident than Ross Township: Pittsburgh grades D for safety and Ross Township C. Pittsburgh’s police reported 4.7 violent and 23.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ross Township?
Ross Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ross 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.