Photo: CyberXRef · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Macungie Township reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 36% per resident from 2023 to 2025. A Safety Grade of A follows from crimes Upper Macungie Township’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #119 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.1 violent crime and 5.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Violent crime here is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 80%.
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 Macungie Township
A job center
Upper Macungie Township has 36,429 jobs based in town for 29,600 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 Upper Macungie 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Upper Macungie Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Upper Macungie Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 16.1 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Upper Macungie Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Upper Macungie Township’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Upper Macungie 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
119 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.
2 violent and 117 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Macungie Township’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Upper Macungie Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Macungie Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.2 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.
Upper Macungie Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Macungie Township | A | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| Lower Macungie Township | — | — | — |
| South Whitehall Township | — | — | — |
| Lowhill Township | — | — | — |
| Longswamp Township | — | — | — |
| Maxatawny Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lower Macungie Township, Lowhill Township, Longswamp Township and Maxatawny Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. South Whitehall Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Macungie Township | A | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Hazleton | B | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| Easton | B | 1.7 | 9.5 |
| Whitehall Township | C | 2.1 | 23.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Upper Macungie Township’s population (29,600), 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 Upper Macungie 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 Upper Macungie Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,034 in 2025); our figure for Upper Macungie Township is 29,600 (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 Macungie Township
Is Upper Macungie Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper Macungie Township reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #119 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.1 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 Macungie Township?
0.1 violent and 5.1 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 Upper Macungie Township in 2025?
Upper Macungie 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.
Who polices Upper Macungie Township?
Upper Macungie Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Macungie 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.