Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 35% per resident in Upper Moreland Township from 2023 to 2025
Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 1.4 violent crimes and 19.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Upper Moreland Township at C+ (#480 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns.
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 Moreland Township
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Upper Moreland Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Bryn Athyn (A), Hatboro (A−), Horsham Township (B+), Warminster Township (B+), Lower Moreland Township (B+), Abington Township (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Upper Moreland Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 17% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Moreland 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 Upper Moreland Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Upper Moreland Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Upper Moreland Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.7 | 19.0 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 17.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.5 | 16.1 | 1.3 | 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 Moreland Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Upper Moreland Township’s police reported 106 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Moreland 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.
416 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.
35 violent and 381 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Moreland Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Upper Moreland Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Moreland Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Upper Moreland Township’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Moreland Township’s own rate (3.8) 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 Moreland Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
| Bryn Athyn | A | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Hatboro | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Lower Moreland Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.0 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Abington Township | C+ | 0.9 | 20.4 |
| Warminster Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Moreland Township | C+ | 1.4 | 19.4 |
| Lower Providence Township | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Exeter Township | B | 0.7 | 13.2 |
| Montgomery Township | B | 0.5 | 14.8 |
| Lebanon | B− | 1.7 | 12.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Upper Moreland Township’s population (25,880), 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 Moreland 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 Moreland Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,292 in 2025); our figure for Upper Moreland Township is 25,880 (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 Moreland Township
Is Upper Moreland Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper Moreland Township reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #480 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.4 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 Moreland Township?
1.4 violent and 19.4 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 Moreland Township in 2025?
Upper Moreland 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.
Is Upper Moreland Township safer than Bryn Athyn?
Bryn Athyn reports less crime per resident than Upper Moreland Township: Bryn Athyn grades A for safety and Upper Moreland Township C+. Bryn Athyn’s police reported 0.0 violent and 6.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Upper Moreland Township?
Upper Moreland Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Moreland 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.