For property crime, Sharon Hill trails 77% of U.S. towns per resident
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Sharon Hill’s Safety Grade is C, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #511 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Add to that, the graded rate rose 31% from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 2.8 violent crimes and 19.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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 Sharon Hill
Sharon Hill reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Sharon Hill’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Collingdale (C−), Folcroft (C−). Colwyn has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Sharon Hill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 12% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 26% 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 Sharon Hill’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sharon Hill property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Sharon Hill violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 22.5 | 16.0 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Crime in Sharon Hill 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sharon Hill | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sharon Hill’s police reported 50 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
159 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.
23 violent and 136 property, as reported to the FBI by Sharon Hill’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Sharon Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Sharon Hill had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what 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 Sharon Hill’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sharon Hill’s own rate (6.7) 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.
Sharon Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Hill | C | 2.8 | 19.9 |
| Colwyn | — | — | — |
| Folcroft | C− | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| Collingdale | C− | 3.8 | 18.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Colwyn has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Hill | C | 2.8 | 19.9 |
| Reading Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Hellam Township | A | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| Moosic | C+ | 3.3 | 7.8 |
| Corry | C+ | 2.6 | 12.7 |
| Dickson City | C− | 3.4 | 23.9 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Sharon Hill’s population (5,995), 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 Sharon Hill. 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 Sharon Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,047 in 2025); our figure for Sharon Hill is 5,995 (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 Sharon Hill
Is Sharon Hill, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sharon Hill reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #511 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.8 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 Sharon Hill?
2.8 violent and 19.9 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 Sharon Hill safer than Folcroft?
Folcroft reports more crime per resident than Sharon Hill: Folcroft grades C− for safety and Sharon Hill C. Folcroft’s police reported 3.9 violent and 24.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sharon Hill?
Sharon Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sharon Hill”. 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.