Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Silver Spring Township reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Silver Spring Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #308 of 578 graded towns in 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 Silver Spring Township
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Silver Spring Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Hampden Township (A+), Mechanicsburg (B), Middlesex Township (B−). Monroe Township, Rye Township and South Middleton 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 Silver Spring Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 47% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 69% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Silver Spring Township has 13,114 jobs based in town for 21,670 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Silver Spring 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Silver Spring Township’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 | Silver Spring Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Silver Spring Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Silver Spring Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.4 | 30.4 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 10.9 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
216 crimes reported in 2025
9 violent and 207 property, as reported to the FBI by Silver Spring 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 Silver Spring Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Silver Spring Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.8, 579 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.
Silver Spring Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Hampden Township | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Middlesex Township | B− | 1.9 | 10.5 |
| Monroe Township | — | — | — |
| Mechanicsburg | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| Rye Township | — | — | — |
| South Middleton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Monroe Township, Rye Township and South Middleton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Manor Township | A | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| East Pennsboro Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Limerick Township | B | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| Lower Allen Township | B | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| New Castle | B | 1.9 | 8.7 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Silver Spring Township’s population (21,670), 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 Silver Spring 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 Silver Spring Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,949 in 2025); our figure for Silver Spring Township is 21,670 (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 Silver Spring Township
Is Silver Spring Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Silver Spring Township reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #308 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.4 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 Silver Spring Township?
0.4 violent and 9.8 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 Silver Spring Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Silver Spring Township safer than Hampden Township?
Hampden Township reports less crime per resident than Silver Spring Township: Hampden Township grades A+ for safety and Silver Spring Township B+. Hampden Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Silver Spring Township?
Silver Spring Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Silver Spring 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.