Photo: Mtruch · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Darby Township reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Upper Darby Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #544 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania.
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 Upper Darby Township
6 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Upper Darby Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Haverford Township (B+), Ridley Township (B), Aldan (B), Clifton Heights (C+), Lansdowne (C+), Springfield Township (C), Philadelphia (D−). Yeadon reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Upper Darby 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 (2.5) 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 33 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Upper Darby Township’s police reported 645 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 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 | Upper Darby Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Upper Darby Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Upper Darby Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.8 | 18.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 28.3 | 17.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 33.0 | 15.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
3,043 crimes reported in 2025
204 violent and 2,839 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Darby 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.
15 people died in crashes on Upper Darby Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Darby Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Upper Darby Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Darby Township | C− | 2.5 | 30.7 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
| Springfield Township | C | 0.7 | 26.2 |
| Clifton Heights | C+ | 2.7 | 10.8 |
| Lansdowne | C+ | 1.7 | 16.7 |
| Aldan | B | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| Yeadon | — | — | — |
| Ridley Township | B | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| Haverford Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Yeadon reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Darby Township | C− | 2.5 | 30.7 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Bethlehem | C+ | 1.9 | 13.8 |
| Scranton | C | 3.1 | 13.5 |
| Reading | C | 3.5 | 14.7 |
| Erie | C− | 4.0 | 19.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Upper Darby Township’s population (85,458), 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 Upper Darby Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Upper Darby Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (86,160 in 2025); our figure for Upper Darby Township is 85,458 (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 Upper Darby Township
Is Upper Darby Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper Darby 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 2.5 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 Upper Darby Township?
2.5 violent and 30.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Upper Darby Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Upper Darby Township in 2025?
Upper Darby Township’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Upper Darby Township safer than Philadelphia?
Philadelphia reports more crime per resident than Upper Darby Township: Philadelphia grades D− for safety and Upper Darby Township C−. Philadelphia’s police reported 9.0 violent and 46.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Upper Darby Township?
Upper Darby Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Darby Township”. 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.