McClay's Twin Bridge (East) · Photo: PennDOT · Public domainPolicing and crime in Southampton Township, PA
The FBI holds no crime figures for Southampton Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. The closest graded town is Shippensburg, 2 miles away, at B. The surrounding 10 miles hold 2 graded places to compare with.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shippensburg | B | 2 mi | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Chambersburg | C | 9 mi | 3.9 | 16.5 |
| Biglerville | A | 17 mi | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Waynesboro | B | 19 mi | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| Washington Township | B | 19 mi | 0.8 | 11.6 |
| Carroll Valley | A | 21 mi | 0.1 | 5.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Southampton Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Southampton Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Southampton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Southampton Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Southampton Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Southampton Township’s own rate (14.0) 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.
Southampton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lurgan Township | — | — | — |
| Greene Township | — | — | — |
| Shippensburg | B | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Shippensburg Township | — | — | — |
| Hopewell Township | — | — | — |
| Letterkenny Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lurgan Township, Greene Township, Shippensburg Township, Hopewell Township and Letterkenny Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Southampton Township
Is Southampton Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Southampton Township. Southampton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Shippensburg (B, 2 mi), Chambersburg (C, 9 mi), Biglerville (A, 17 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Southampton Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.