Lazaretto, The · Public domainTinicum Township has more property crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
Tinicum Township’s overall Safety Grade is C− (#544 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 2.6 violent crimes and 29.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Pennsylvania, 2.9 and 17.5. The crimes the grade counts fell 25% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Of the 5 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident.
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 Tinicum Township
3 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Tinicum Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Norwood (A), Ridley Township (B), Prospect Park (B−), Folcroft (C−), Philadelphia (D−). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Tinicum Township is home to All-State Career School, with 831 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Tinicum Township has 5,868 jobs based in town for 3,985 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 Tinicum 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.6) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Tinicum Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Tinicum Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 39.3 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 30.9 | 16.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
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 Tinicum 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Tinicum Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Tinicum Township’s police reported 31 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
129 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.
5 violent and 124 property, as reported to the FBI by Tinicum Township’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Tinicum Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Tinicum Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (6 of 10) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 50.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people (7.1, 595 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.
Tinicum Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinicum Township | C− | 2.6 | 29.5 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Folcroft | C− | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| Norwood | A | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Prospect Park | B− | 2.3 | 7.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinicum Township | C− | 2.6 | 29.5 |
| North Beaver Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Tunkhannock Township | A | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Parkesburg | A− | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Kittanning | B | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| Clarion | B | 1.4 | 8.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Tinicum Township’s population (3,985), 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 Tinicum 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 Tinicum Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,019 in 2025); our figure for Tinicum Township is 3,985 (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 Tinicum Township
Is Tinicum Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tinicum Township reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #544 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.6 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 Tinicum Township?
2.6 violent and 29.5 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 Tinicum Township safer than Philadelphia?
Philadelphia reports more crime per resident than Tinicum Township: Philadelphia grades D− for safety and Tinicum Township C−. Philadelphia’s police reported 9.0 violent and 46.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tinicum Township?
Tinicum Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tinicum Township, Delaware 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.