Wertz's Covered Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Spring Township fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Spring Township grades B+ for safety (#308 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Spring Township
6 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Spring Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Brecknock Township (A+), Lower Heidelberg Township (A+), South Heidelberg Township (A), East Cocalico Township (A), Sinking Spring (A), Bern Township (B+), Wyomissing (C+). Cumru Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so 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 ↓
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 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Spring Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Spring Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 11.4 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.8 | 16.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Spring Township’s police reported 59 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 | Spring Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
And about 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.
185 crimes reported in 2025
17 violent and 168 property, as reported to the FBI by 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.
Six people died in crashes on Spring Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Spring Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Spring Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Spring Township’s own rate (4.2) 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Lower Heidelberg Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| South Heidelberg Township | A | 0.5 | 2.8 |
| Bern Township | B+ | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Sinking Spring | A | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Wyomissing | C+ | 0.8 | 20.4 |
| Cumru Township | — | — | — |
| East Cocalico Township | A | 0.2 | 4.0 |
| Brecknock Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cumru Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Upper Macungie Township | A | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Susquehanna Township | B− | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Whitehall Township | C | 2.1 | 23.3 |
| Swatara Township | C | 1.6 | 25.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Spring Township’s population (28,873), 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 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 Spring Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,958 in 2025); our figure for Spring Township is 28,873 (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 Spring Township
Is Spring Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, 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 0.7 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 Spring Township?
0.7 violent and 8.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Spring Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Spring Township in 2025?
Spring Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Spring Township safer than Lower Heidelberg Township?
Lower Heidelberg Township reports less crime per resident than Spring Township: Lower Heidelberg Township grades A+ for safety and Spring Township B+. Lower Heidelberg Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 2.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Spring Township?
Spring Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spring Township, Berks 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.