Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0York sees more violent crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 34% from 2023 to 2025. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crimes York’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #539 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. Recorded violent crimes ran at 5.0 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 18.7, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records 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 York
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on York’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Springettsbury Township (C+), West York (C), West Manchester Township (C−). Spring Garden Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. North York and Manchester Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | York property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | York violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.6 | 30.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| 2023 | 23.3 | 19.0 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 4.4 | 2.6 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Crime in 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 | York | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
York’s police reported 675 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
851 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.
201 violent and 650 property, as reported to the FBI by York’s police.
Six people died in crashes on York’s roads in 2019–2023
York had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of York’s size would see about 13 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so York’s own rate (2.7) 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.
York and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | C− | 5.0 | 18.7 |
| Spring Garden Township | — | — | — |
| West Manchester Township | C− | 1.5 | 26.4 |
| North York | — | — | — |
| Manchester Township | — | — | — |
| West York | C | 3.1 | 16.4 |
| Springettsbury Township | C+ | 1.1 | 20.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Spring Garden Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. North York and Manchester Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | C− | 5.0 | 18.7 |
| Manheim Township | B+ | 0.7 | 7.8 |
| State College | B | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Altoona | C | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| Wilkes-Barre | C− | 4.2 | 15.3 |
| Harrisburg | D | 8.2 | 19.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to York’s population (45,342), 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 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 York’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (45,356 in 2025); our figure for York is 45,342 (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 York
Is York, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, York reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #539 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 5.0 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 York?
5.0 violent and 18.7 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.
How many homicides were there in York in 2025?
York’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 15.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is York safer than West Manchester Township?
West Manchester Township reports less crime per resident than York: West Manchester Township grades C− for safety and 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 York?
York’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “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.