West Side Sanitarium · Photo: Smallbones · CC0For violent crime, West York trails 74% of U.S. towns per resident
Each year brought 3.1 violent crimes and 16.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania). Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. By contrast, that puts it at C for safety, judged on crimes West York’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #501 of 578 graded towns in 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 West York
West York reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on West York’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: West Manchester Township (C−), York (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so West York’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 13% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind West York’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 violent rate (3.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.4) 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 York 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | West York | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West York’s police reported 48 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.1 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 is steady
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| Year | West York property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | West York violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.7 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 14.4 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
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.
83 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.
20 violent and 63 property, as reported to the FBI by West York’s police.
No one died in a crash on West York’s roads in 2019–2023
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 West York’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West York’s own rate (0.0) 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 York and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West York | C | 3.1 | 16.4 |
| West Manchester Township | C− | 1.5 | 26.4 |
| York | C− | 5.0 | 18.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West York | C | 3.1 | 16.4 |
| Fox Chapel | A+ | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Butler Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Clarks Summit | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Bangor | B | 2.0 | 7.8 |
| Titusville | B− | 3.0 | 6.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to West York’s population (5,110), 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 York. 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 York’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,134 in 2025); our figure for West York is 5,110 (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 York
Is West York, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West York reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #501 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 3.1 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 York?
3.1 violent and 16.4 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.
Is West York safer than West Manchester Township?
West Manchester Township reports more crime per resident than West York: West Manchester Township grades C− for safety and West York C. West Manchester Township’s police reported 1.5 violent and 26.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West York?
West York’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West York”. 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.