On property crime, South Abington Township has a lower rate per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
Of the 2 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.4 violent crimes and 3.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. South Abington Township grades A− for safety overall (#239 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 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 South Abington Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on South Abington Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Clarks Summit (A), Scranton (C). Waverly Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Glenburn Township, Clarks Green and Newton 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 South Abington Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 78% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind South Abington 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 | South Abington Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Abington Township’s police reported 53 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 South Abington 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 2 violent crimes, 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 | South Abington Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | South Abington Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.0 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 17.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 16.1 | 1.8 | 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.
61 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 38 property, as reported to the FBI by South Abington Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on South Abington Township’s roads in 2019–2023
South Abington Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) 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 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of South Abington Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Abington Township’s own rate (2.1) 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.
South Abington Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Abington Township | A− | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Clarks Summit | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Waverly Township | — | — | — |
| Glenburn Township | — | — | — |
| Clarks Green | — | — | — |
| Newton Township | — | — | — |
| Scranton | C | 3.1 | 13.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Waverly Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Glenburn Township, Clarks Green and Newton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Abington Township | A− | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Neshannock Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| Brentwood | B | 1.3 | 11.4 |
| North Versailles Township | B− | 1.3 | 14.6 |
| Morrisville | C | 1.7 | 23.5 |
| South Strabane Township | D | 1.0 | 41.9 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to South Abington Township’s population (9,624), 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 South Abington 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 South Abington Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,613 in 2025); our figure for South Abington Township is 9,624 (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 South Abington Township
Is South Abington Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Abington Township reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #239 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.4 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 South Abington Township?
1.4 violent and 3.4 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 South Abington Township safer than Clarks Summit?
Clarks Summit reports less crime per resident than South Abington Township: Clarks Summit grades A for safety and South Abington Township A−. Clarks Summit’s police reported 0.4 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Abington Township?
South Abington Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Abington 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.