Photo: Les Truchel · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Shenango Township fell 66% from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 61% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 83%. Shenango Township’s overall Safety Grade is A− (#259 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 1.3 violent crimes and 4.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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 Shenango Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Shenango Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Pulaski Township (A), Hermitage (B−). Lackawannock Township and Wilmington Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Shenango Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 76% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Shenango 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Shenango Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Shenango Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 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 | Shenango Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Shenango Township’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Shenango 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
12 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
3 violent and 9 property, as reported to the FBI by Shenango Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Shenango Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Shenango Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) 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 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Shenango Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Shenango Township’s own rate (11.5) 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.
Shenango Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenango Township | A− | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Hermitage | B− | 1.3 | 14.1 |
| Lackawannock Township | — | — | — |
| Pulaski Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Wilmington Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lackawannock Township and Wilmington Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenango Township | A− | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Malvern | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Kane | A | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| Northern Cambria | A | 0.2 | 5.8 |
| North Wales | B+ | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Mifflinburg | B+ | 1.5 | 5.2 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Shenango Township’s population (3,431), 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 Shenango 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 Shenango Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,186 in 2025); our figure for Shenango Township is 3,431 (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 Shenango Township
Is Shenango Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shenango Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #259 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.3 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 Shenango Township?
1.3 violent and 4.4 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 Shenango Township safer than Hermitage?
Hermitage reports more crime per resident than Shenango Township: Hermitage grades B− for safety and Shenango Township A−. Hermitage’s police reported 1.3 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shenango Township?
Shenango Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shenango Township Police Department, Mercer 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.