Photo: Don Kasak from St. Louis, MO, US · CC BY-SA 2.0Susquehanna Township sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
2 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Weighing it all, Susquehanna Township earns B− for safety (#410 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 1.8 violent crimes and 10.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Pennsylvania, the figures are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Susquehanna Township
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Susquehanna Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Marysville (A−), East Pennsboro Township (A−), Swatara Township (C), Harrisburg (D). Middle Paxton Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Susquehanna Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 29% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 53% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Susquehanna Township has 22,510 jobs based in town for 28,434 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 Susquehanna Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Susquehanna Township’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Susquehanna Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Susquehanna Township’s police reported 149 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Susquehanna 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Susquehanna Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Susquehanna Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.4 | 19.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 17.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9.6 | 16.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 |
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.
314 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.
40 violent and 274 property, as reported to the FBI by Susquehanna Township’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Susquehanna Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Susquehanna Township had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 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.
Susquehanna Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Township | B− | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| Harrisburg | D | 8.2 | 19.3 |
| Middle Paxton Township | — | — | — |
| East Pennsboro Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Marysville | A− | 0.7 | 5.2 |
| Swatara Township | C | 1.6 | 25.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Middle Paxton Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Township | B− | 1.8 | 10.1 |
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Springettsbury Township | C+ | 1.1 | 20.8 |
| Monroeville | C | 1.4 | 23.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Susquehanna Township’s population (28,434), 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 Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,593 in 2025); our figure for Susquehanna Township is 28,434 (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 Susquehanna Township
Is Susquehanna Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Susquehanna Township reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #410 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.8 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 Susquehanna Township?
1.8 violent and 10.1 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.
How many homicides were there in Susquehanna Township in 2025?
Susquehanna Township’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 10.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Susquehanna Township safer than Harrisburg?
Harrisburg reports more crime per resident than Susquehanna Township: Harrisburg grades D for safety and Susquehanna Township B−. Harrisburg’s police reported 8.2 violent and 19.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Susquehanna Township?
Susquehanna Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Susquehanna Township, Dauphin 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.