Photo: Smallbones at English Wikipedia · Public domainLess violent crime is recorded per resident in Whitemarsh Township than in 84% of U.S. towns
All told, Whitemarsh Township grades A− for safety (#253 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, recorded violent crime ran at 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 7.1, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Next door, 2 of 6 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 Whitemarsh Township
2 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Whitemarsh Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Springfield Township (A−), Upper Dublin Township (A−), Conshohocken (B+), Lower Merion Township (B−), Plymouth Township (D), Philadelphia (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Whitemarsh Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 56% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 77% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Whitemarsh Township has 14,137 jobs based in town for 20,198 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Whitemarsh 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 | Whitemarsh Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Whitemarsh Township’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Whitemarsh 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 | Whitemarsh Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Whitemarsh Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 17.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 5.8 | 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.
131 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 118 property, as reported to the FBI by Whitemarsh Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Whitemarsh Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Whitemarsh Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Whitemarsh Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Whitemarsh Township’s own rate (7.0) 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.
Whitemarsh Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemarsh Township | A− | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| Springfield Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.0 |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
| Conshohocken | B+ | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Upper Dublin Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Lower Merion Township | B− | 0.6 | 16.0 |
| Philadelphia | D− | 9.0 | 46.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemarsh Township | A− | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| Whitpain Township | A | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Baldwin | A− | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Phoenixville | A− | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| Upper St. Clair Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Lower Southampton Township | B | 0.8 | 10.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Whitemarsh Township’s population (20,198), 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 Whitemarsh 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 Whitemarsh Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,273 in 2025); our figure for Whitemarsh Township is 20,198 (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 Whitemarsh Township
Is Whitemarsh Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Whitemarsh Township reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #253 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.5 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 Whitemarsh Township?
0.5 violent and 7.1 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 Whitemarsh Township safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than Whitemarsh Township: Springfield Township grades A− for safety and Whitemarsh Township A−. Springfield Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Whitemarsh Township?
Whitemarsh Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Whitemarsh 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.