Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Reported crime per resident in Tilden Township fell 50% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Tilden Township grades B− for safety (#437 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle 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 Tilden Township
Tilden Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Tilden Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Hamburg (C+). West Brunswick Township, Windsor Township, Perry Township, South Manheim Township, Upper Bern Township and Centre Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Tilden Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 24% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Tilden Township has 2,893 jobs based in town for 3,718 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 Tilden 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 Tilden Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
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 | Tilden Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Tilden Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 24.2 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Tilden Township’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 | Tilden Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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.
39 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by Tilden 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
Seven people died in crashes on Tilden Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Tilden Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (5 of 7) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Tilden Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Tilden Township’s own rate (38.6) 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.
Tilden Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Township | B− | 0.5 | 18.2 |
| Hamburg | C+ | 2.6 | 11.4 |
| West Brunswick Township | — | — | — |
| Windsor Township | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | — | — | — |
| South Manheim Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Bern Township | — | — | — |
| Centre Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. West Brunswick Township, Windsor Township, Perry Township, South Manheim Township, Upper Bern Township and Centre Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Township | B− | 0.5 | 18.2 |
| Tulpehocken Township | A+ | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Lancaster Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Zelienople | A+ | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Sewickley | A− | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| Greenfield Township | B+ | 0.9 | 6.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Tilden Township’s population (3,718), 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 Tilden 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 Tilden Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,719 in 2025); our figure for Tilden Township is 3,718 (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 Tilden Township
Is Tilden Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tilden Township reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #437 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Tilden Township?
0.5 violent and 18.2 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 Tilden Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Tilden Township safer than Hamburg?
Hamburg reports more crime per resident than Tilden Township: Hamburg grades C+ for safety and Tilden Township B−. Hamburg’s police reported 2.6 violent and 11.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tilden Township?
Tilden Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tilden Township Police Department”. 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.