Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Upper Mount Bethel Township goes ungraded: its recorded crime
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Bangor (B), 4 miles away. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Upper Mount Bethel Township has none for 2023–2025. Nearby, 3 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor | B | 4 mi | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Roseto | A | 5 mi | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Washington Township | A− | 5 mi | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Bushkill Township | A− | 12 mi | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| Forks Township | A | 12 mi | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Tatamy | A+ | 13 mi | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Upper Mount Bethel Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Upper Mount Bethel Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Upper Mount Bethel Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Mount Bethel Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three 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 Mount Bethel Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Mount Bethel Township’s own rate (9.4) 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 Mount Bethel Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Bangor | — | — | — |
| Stroud Township | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | A− | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | — |
| Smithfield Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Mount Bethel Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Bangor, Stroud Township, Hamilton Township, Smithfield Township and Lower Mount Bethel Township have no FBI figures of their 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Mount Bethel Township
Is Upper Mount Bethel Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Upper Mount Bethel Township. Upper Mount Bethel Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Bangor (B, 4 mi), Roseto (A, 5 mi), Washington Township (A−, 5 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Upper Mount Bethel Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.