Centennial Bridge · Photo: Rob Tucher · Public domainPer resident, Upper Saucon Township records less crime than 89% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 83%. Scored on crimes Upper Saucon Township’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A for safety: #137 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. What’s more, each year brought 0.4 violent crime and 4.3 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 Saucon Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Upper Saucon Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Springfield Township (A), Lower Saucon Township (A−). Coopersburg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Salisbury Township, Upper Milford Township and Lower Milford Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Upper Saucon Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 76% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 89% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Upper Saucon Township is home to DeSales University, with 2,290 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Upper Saucon 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Upper Saucon Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Upper Saucon Township’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 Saucon 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Upper Saucon Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Upper Saucon Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.8 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 5.0 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 16.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
71 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.
11 violent and 60 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Saucon Township’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Upper Saucon Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Upper Saucon Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Saucon Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Saucon Township’s own rate (10.3) 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 Saucon Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Saucon Township | A | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| Coopersburg | — | — | — |
| Salisbury Township | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | A | 0.4 | 3.5 |
| Upper Milford Township | — | — | — |
| Lower Saucon Township | A− | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Lower Milford Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Coopersburg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Salisbury Township, Upper Milford Township and Lower Milford Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Saucon Township | A | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| Doylestown Township | A− | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Towamencin Township | A− | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Fairview Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Penn Township | B+ | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Upper Saucon Township’s population (18,217), 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 Saucon 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 Saucon Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,561 in 2025); our figure for Upper Saucon Township is 18,217 (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 Saucon Township
Is Upper Saucon Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper Saucon Township reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #137 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.4 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 Saucon Township?
0.4 violent and 4.3 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.
Is Upper Saucon Township safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than Upper Saucon Township: Springfield Township grades A for safety and Upper Saucon Township A. Springfield Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 3.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Upper Saucon Township?
Upper Saucon Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Saucon 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.