Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0On property crime, South Strabane Township has a higher rate per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Even so, the rate the grade counts dropped 16% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, South Strabane Township grades D for safety (#552 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. For every 1,000 residents, 1.0 violent crime and 41.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Pennsylvania, the figures are 2.9 and 17.4.
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 Strabane Township
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on South Strabane Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Chartiers Township (A), North Strabane Township (A). Somerset Township, Canton Township, Amwell Township, Washington and North Bethlehem Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. East Washington reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
South Strabane Township has 5,935 jobs based in town for 9,672 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 South Strabane Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds South Strabane Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Strabane Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Strabane Township’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Strabane Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | South Strabane Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.2 | 19.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 45.9 | 17.3 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 36.7 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
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.
Crime in South Strabane 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.
359 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.
7 violent and 352 property, as reported to the FBI by South Strabane Township’s police.
11 people died in crashes on South Strabane Township’s roads in 2019–2023
South Strabane Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died. Most of these deaths (7 of 11) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 22.8 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.
South Strabane Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Strabane Township | D | 1.0 | 41.9 |
| Somerset Township | — | — | — |
| Chartiers Township | A | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| North Strabane Township | A | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| Canton Township | — | — | — |
| Amwell Township | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| North Bethlehem Township | — | — | — |
| East Washington | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Somerset Township, Canton Township, Amwell Township, Washington and North Bethlehem Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. East Washington reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Strabane Township | D | 1.0 | 41.9 |
| Lititz | A | 0.4 | 4.0 |
| South Abington Township | A− | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Harrison Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Coal Township | B | 0.8 | 12.4 |
| Morrisville | C | 1.7 | 23.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to South Strabane Township’s population (9,672), 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 Strabane 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 Strabane Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,600 in 2025); our figure for South Strabane Township is 9,672 (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 Strabane Township
Is South Strabane Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Strabane Township reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #552 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.0 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 Strabane Township?
1.0 violent and 41.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is South Strabane Township safer than Chartiers Township?
Chartiers Township reports less crime per resident than South Strabane Township: Chartiers Township grades A for safety and South Strabane Township D. Chartiers Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Strabane Township?
South Strabane Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Strabane 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.