Scott Township records less crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
Year on year, 0.1 violent crime and 0.3 incident of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. On top of that, on crimes Scott Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #6 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Its 3 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident.
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 Scott Township
Scott Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Scott Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Archbald (A−), Blakely (B+), Dickson City (C−). Benton Township and Greenfield 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 Scott 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
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| Year | Scott Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Scott Township’s police reported 2 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Scott 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Scott Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Scott Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
2 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.
1 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Scott Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Scott Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Scott Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Scott Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Scott Township’s own rate (25.9) 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.
Scott Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Benton Township | — | — | — |
| Greenfield Township | — | — | — |
| Archbald | A− | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| Blakely | B+ | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| Dickson City | C− | 3.4 | 23.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Benton Township and Greenfield Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Cornwall | A+ | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Fairview Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Sadsbury Township | A | 0.3 | 4.6 |
| Blair Township | A− | 0.5 | 7.9 |
| Jenkintown | B+ | 0.6 | 10.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Scott Township’s population (4,736), 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 Scott 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 Scott Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,707 in 2025); our figure for Scott Township is 4,736 (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 Scott Township
Is Scott Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Scott Township reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #6 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.1 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 Scott Township?
0.1 violent and 0.3 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 Scott Township safer than Archbald?
Archbald reports more crime per resident than Scott Township: Archbald grades A− for safety and Scott Township A+. Archbald’s police reported 1.3 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Scott Township?
Scott Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Scott Township, Lackawanna 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.