Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Per resident, Whitehall Township records more property crime than four in five U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 2.1 violent crimes and 23.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Pennsylvania they are 2.9 and 17.5. By contrast, all 5 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, Whitehall Township grades C for safety (#513 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. The rate the grade counts dropped 32% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Whitehall Township
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Whitehall Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Northampton (A), Coplay (A−), North Catasauqua (A−), Catasauqua (B−), Allentown (C). Hanover Township and North Whitehall Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. South Whitehall Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Whitehall Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 11% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 25% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Whitehall 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Whitehall Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Whitehall Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27.8 | 19.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 23.4 | 17.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 1.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Whitehall Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Whitehall Township’s police reported 187 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 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 Whitehall 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
614 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.
56 violent and 558 property, as reported to the FBI by Whitehall Township’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Whitehall Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Whitehall Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 towns).
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.
Whitehall Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Township | C | 2.1 | 23.3 |
| Allentown | C | 2.7 | 15.9 |
| Catasauqua | B− | 1.6 | 10.8 |
| Northampton | A | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Coplay | A− | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| North Whitehall Township | — | — | — |
| North Catasauqua | A− | 0.3 | 6.9 |
| South Whitehall Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hanover Township and North Whitehall Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. South Whitehall Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Township | C | 2.1 | 23.3 |
| Upper Macungie Township | A | 0.1 | 5.1 |
| McCandless Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.5 |
| Spring Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Hazleton | B | 2.2 | 5.1 |
| Easton | B | 1.7 | 9.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Whitehall Township’s population (29,405), 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 Whitehall 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 Whitehall Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,782 in 2025); our figure for Whitehall Township is 29,405 (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 Whitehall Township
Is Whitehall Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Whitehall Township reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #513 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.1 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 Whitehall Township?
2.1 violent and 23.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Whitehall Township in 2025?
Whitehall Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Whitehall Township safer than Allentown?
Allentown reports less crime per resident than Whitehall Township: Allentown grades C for safety and Whitehall Township C. Allentown’s police reported 2.7 violent and 15.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Whitehall Township?
Whitehall Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Whitehall 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.