West Conshohocken has more violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. West Conshohocken grades C for safety overall: more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 4.0 violent crimes and 14.7 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, 2 of 3 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 West Conshohocken
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on West Conshohocken’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Conshohocken (B+), Lower Merion Township (B−), Upper Merion Township (C−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
West Conshohocken has 6,910 jobs based in town for 1,498 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 West Conshohocken’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (14.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in West Conshohocken 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 11 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | West Conshohocken property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | West Conshohocken violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.3 | 30.2 | 2.7 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 20.8 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 16.1 | 10.6 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West Conshohocken | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Conshohocken’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
31 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.
16 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by West Conshohocken’s police.
One person died in crashes on West Conshohocken’s roads in 2019–2023
West Conshohocken had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of West Conshohocken’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Conshohocken’s own rate (13.0) 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.
West Conshohocken and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Conshohocken | C | 4.0 | 14.7 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Upper Merion Township | C− | 0.9 | 35.0 |
| Conshohocken | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Conshohocken | C | 4.0 | 14.7 |
| West Pike Run Township | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mill Hall | A+ | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Silver Lake Township | A+ | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Perryopolis | A+ | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Kline Township | B− | 0.7 | 15.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to West Conshohocken’s population (1,498), 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 West Conshohocken. 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 West Conshohocken’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,511 in 2025); our figure for West Conshohocken is 1,498 (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 West Conshohocken
Is West Conshohocken, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Conshohocken reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.0 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 West Conshohocken?
4.0 violent and 14.7 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 West Conshohocken safer than Lower Merion Township?
Lower Merion Township reports less crime per resident than West Conshohocken: Lower Merion Township grades B− for safety and West Conshohocken C. Lower Merion Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 16.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Conshohocken?
West Conshohocken’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Conshohocken”. 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.