Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Upper Makefield Township has no Safety Grade
The closest graded town is New Hope, 5 miles away, at C+. Upper Makefield Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Nearby, 8 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade.
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Upper Makefield Township’s police reported
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| Year | Upper Makefield Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | Upper Makefield Township | Rest of Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 30.2 | not reported | 6.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.1 | not reported | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Pennsylvania. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
16 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
0 violent and 16 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Makefield Township’s police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | C+ | 5 mi | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| Lower Makefield Township | A | 6 mi | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Yardley | A | 6 mi | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Solebury Township | A | 6 mi | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Northampton Township | A+ | 7 mi | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Buckingham Township | A+ | 7 mi | 0.2 | 3.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Upper Makefield Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Upper Makefield Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Upper Makefield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Makefield Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Upper Makefield Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Makefield Township’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Upper Makefield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Makefield Township | A | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Newtown Township | — | — | — |
| Solebury Township | A | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| Wrightstown Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Newtown Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Wrightstown Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Makefield 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 Makefield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,897 in 2025); our figure for Upper Makefield Township is 8,848 (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 Makefield Township
Is Upper Makefield Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Upper Makefield Township. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are New Hope (C+, 5 mi), Lower Makefield Township (A, 6 mi), Yardley (A, 6 mi).
Who polices Upper Makefield Township?
Upper Makefield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Makefield 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.