Photo: Smallbones · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Uwchlan Township than in 78% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 27% from 2023 to 2025. A Safety Grade of A− follows from crimes Uwchlan Township’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #239 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Behind the grade sit 0.9 violent crime and 5.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Uwchlan Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Uwchlan Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Upper Uwchlan Township (A+), East Brandywine Township (A+), West Pikeland Township (A+), West Whiteland Township (B). Charlestown Township and East Caln 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 Uwchlan Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 78% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Uwchlan Township has 14,389 jobs based in town for 19,615 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 Uwchlan 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Uwchlan Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Uwchlan Township’s police reported 54 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Uwchlan Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Uwchlan Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.3 | 19.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 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.
Crime in Uwchlan 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.
97 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.
13 violent and 84 property, as reported to the FBI by Uwchlan Township’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Uwchlan Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Uwchlan Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five 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 Uwchlan Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Uwchlan Township’s own rate (5.2) 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.
Uwchlan Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwchlan Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| East Brandywine Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Upper Uwchlan Township | A+ | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| West Pikeland Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| West Whiteland Township | B | 0.8 | 13.0 |
| Charlestown Township | — | — | — |
| East Caln Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Charlestown Township and East Caln Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwchlan Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Whitemarsh Township | A− | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| Phoenixville | A− | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| Lansdale | B | 1.0 | 9.4 |
| West Chester | B− | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| West Manchester Township | C− | 1.5 | 26.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Uwchlan Township’s population (19,615), 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 Uwchlan 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 Uwchlan Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,935 in 2025); our figure for Uwchlan Township is 19,615 (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 Uwchlan Township
Is Uwchlan Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Uwchlan Township reports less crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #239 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.9 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 Uwchlan Township?
0.9 violent and 5.3 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 Uwchlan Township safer than East Brandywine Township?
East Brandywine Township reports less crime per resident than Uwchlan Township: East Brandywine Township grades A+ for safety and Uwchlan Township A−. East Brandywine Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 2.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Uwchlan Township?
Uwchlan Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Uwchlan 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.