Safest Places to Live in Pennsylvania of September 2024

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You might know Pennsylvania as home to Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Philly cheesesteak, or other popular culture phenomena. Still, the State of Pennsylvania is much more important than just this.

As a matter of fact, Pennsylvania is one of the oldest US states and one of the 13 original colonies. Before Washington D.C. became the United States’ capital, the President and the Congress were headquartered in Philadelphia. In this state, numerous chapters in the turbulent US history were written precisely: the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution were drafted in Philadelphia. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

At present, Pennsylvania is the 6th most populous state with close to 13 million residents. It has great cities, such as Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and many medium-sized and small towns and boroughs.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.

100 Safest Places in Pennsylvania of September 2024

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Granville Township500000,00
2Collegeville513400,00
3Fox Chapel529700,00
4Adams Township, Cambria County558100,00
5Wright Township561100,00
6Butler Township, Schuylkill County562500,00
7Millcreek Township, Lebanon County571400,00
8Luzerne Township594000,00
9East Vincent Township723200,00
10East Marlborough Township741600,00
11Pleasant Hills811300,00
12Upper Uwchlan Township1150600,00
13Buckingham Township2031110,05
14West Deer Township1197310,08
15Upper Saucon Township1712120,12
16North Londonderry Township852310,12
17South Londonderry Township842710,12
18South Fayette Township1578820,13
19East Coventry Township677810,15
20New Hanover Township1320120,15
21Bellefonte632510,16
22Cecil Township1263320,16
23Wilkins Township618410,16
24Silver Spring Township1807830,17
25Marple Township2387240,17
26Northern Regional3544760,17
27McCandless2847550,18
28Shippensburg558410,18
29West Vincent Township557210,18
30Scott Township, Columbia County501610,20
31Northwest Lancaster County Regional2002940,20
32Northampton988420,20
33Murrysville1975940,20
34Franklin Park1470630,20
35Adams Township, Butler County1410530,21
36Economy920520,22
37Newtown Township, Bucks County2288050,22
38Franconia Township1334330,22
39South Park Township1333230,23
40Schuylkill Township, Chester County865820,23
41Kennett Township831720,24
42East Whiteland Township1208530,25
43North Coventry Township801220,25
44Chippewa Township799520,25
45Camp Hill794620,25
46Cranberry Township3115480,26
47Lower Gwynedd Township1154330,26
48Horsham Township2661570,26
49Montgomery Township2629970,27
50New Britain Township1125230,27
51South Heidelberg Township737820,27
52Willistown Township1098330,27
53Earl Township724320,28
54Upper Macungie Township2499570,28
55South Lebanon Township993530,30
56Lower Moreland Township1320440,30
57Lower Makefield Township32768100,31
58Northampton Township39289120,31
59Amity Township1307640,31
60Patton Township1614250,31
61Whitpain Township1932660,31
62Carroll Township, York County644020,31
63Buffalo Valley Regional1266040,32
64Hampden Township30399100,33
65Colonial Regional1796660,33
66Bethel Park32417110,34
67State College58781200,34
68Reading Township583720,34
69Upper Allen Township2012370,35
70Solebury Township858530,35
71West Earl Township850330,35
72West Manheim Township849730,35
73Middlesex Township, Butler County563620,35
74Aston Township1670860,36
75Vernon Township543220,37
76Newtown Township, Delaware County1357150,37
77Chartiers Township793730,38
78Spring Township, Centre County790530,38
79Upper Providence Township, Delaware County1047840,38
80Turtle Creek519220,39
81Upper Yoder Township509320,39
82Upper Southampton Township1503860,40
83North Fayette Township1493560,40
84Upper St. Clair Township1975880,40
85Tredyffrin Township29575120,41
86Ferguson Township1955180,41
87Bedminster Township724130,41
88Indiana Township719530,42
89Limerick Township1914480,42
90Moore Township934340,43
91Ohio Township687430,44
92Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County24445110,45
93Lower Salford Township1544070,45
94Pennridge Regional1101350,45
95Collier Township832440,48
96Clarks Summit621030,48
97Haverford Township49422240,49
98Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County614730,49
99North Huntingdon Township30414150,49
100Whitemarsh Township1796690,50

Crime Score in All Cities in Pennsylvania of September 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Pennsylvania cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

  • Under 3,000 Residents
  • 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
  • 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
  • Over 30,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Shippingport19900,00
2Mount Gretna Borough20600,00
3Ashville21000,00
4Portersville22900,00
5Hartleton28000,00
6Elderton34200,00
7Ben Avon Heights36400,00
8Indian Lake38000,00
9Vintondale38000,00
10Callery38400,00
11New Castle Township39100,00
12Weissport39400,00
13Northeast Police Department40900,00
14Rosslyn Farms41300,00
15Delano Township42100,00
16South Heights45000,00
17Carmichaels45500,00
18Gaines Township53500,00
19East Rochester53700,00
20Fayette City57000,00
21Emlenton Borough57600,00
22Franklin Township, Columbia County58500,00
23Worthington59600,00
24Sankertown62700,00
25Osceola Township62900,00
26Sandy Lake63500,00
27Jennerstown65200,00
28New Florence65300,00
29Great Bend67300,00
30Wampum67400,00
31Reilly Township68800,00
32Kilbuck Township72100,00
33Courtdale72200,00
34Delaware Water Gap73000,00
35Ringtown78400,00
36Parker80600,00
37Sewickley Heights81000,00
38Saltsburg81100,00
39Rural Valley82000,00
40West Lebanon Township82200,00
41Sweden Township82800,00
42Rockwood83000,00
43Beaver Meadows83200,00
44Halifax83400,00
45South Fork85100,00
46Harrisville86500,00
47Midway87600,00
48Marion Township, Beaver County87800,00
49Smithton Borough94900,00
50Bernville95600,00
51Palo Alto98200,00
52Stoneboro99000,00
53Dunbar99300,00
54Hulmeville99500,00
55Dunnstable Township101100,00
56Lincoln103800,00
57Royalton104100,00
58Ivyland105400,00
59Knox107400,00
60Sykesville111600,00
61Prospect111700,00
62Frazer Township113000,00
63Tatamy113500,00
64Hawley114900,00
65Christiana117500,00
66Duboistown118000,00
67Wiconisco Township119900,00
68Union Township, Schuylkill County120900,00
69Biglerville121300,00
70West Leechburg123000,00
71Houston123900,00
72Liberty Township, Adams County125200,00
73Gallitzin Township125600,00
74Waymart126400,00
75Bally127500,00
76Main Township127800,00
77Tower City128100,00
78Highland Township128500,00
79Newville134500,00
80Little Beaver Township135100,00
81Kline Township136600,00
82Bell Acres138700,00
83Blawnox139100,00
84North Union Township140900,00
85Avondale142200,00
86New Beaver142500,00
87Langhorne Manor143100,00
88St. Clair Township143900,00
89Oakdale145600,00
90Saxonburg145600,00
91Albion146600,00
92Montrose148400,00
93Avis150000,00
94Ferndale150300,00
95Independence Township150700,00
96East Berlin153900,00
97Nescopeck154000,00
98West Pike Run154600,00
99Homer City159700,00
100Silver Lake Township160000,00
101Mill Hall161100,00
102Lower Mahanoy Township165300,00
103Mayfield169700,00
104Orangeville Area173100,00
105Branch Township174700,00
106Ben Avon175000,00
107Lykens177000,00
108Gallitzin177900,00
109Braddock Hills182400,00
110Jefferson Township, Mercer County182900,00
111Conyngham186000,00
112Martinsburg187300,00
113Aleppo Township187600,00
114Darlington Township188000,00
115South Connellsville Borough188400,00
116Blacklick Township189000,00
117Benton Area192800,00
118Roaring Brook Township194100,00
119Greenfield Township200400,00
120Port Allegany202100,00
121Meyersdale203800,00
122Hughesville205000,00
123Pine Grove207900,00
124Walnutport208800,00
125Summit Township214100,00
126Cleona219700,00
127Upper Burrell Township223100,00
128Croyle Township223200,00
129Otto Eldred Regional226000,00
130Geistown228100,00
131Woodward Township237800,00
132Shohola Township239900,00
133Muncy241900,00
134Roaring Spring246700,00
135Wayne Township248800,00
136Ryan Township251000,00
137South Buffalo Township253300,00
138Lamar Township255200,00
139Marysville255300,00
140Delmont257000,00
141Parks Township257100,00
142Lancaster Township, Butler County257700,00
143Shade Township260200,00
144North Woodbury261400,00
145Freemansburg262000,00
146Avoca262500,00
147West Nottingham Township270700,00
148Overfield Township275100,00
149Dallas275300,00
150Ford City278800,00
151Lake City290600,00
152Raccoon Township292500,00
153North Buffalo293300,00
154East Greenville299100,00
155South Annville Township299200,00
156Mahoning Township, Lawrence County291110,34
157Aspinwall272210,37
158Latimore Township261310,38
159West Fallowfield Township259710,39
160Cresson Township253610,39
161Nanty Glo251210,40
162Resa Regional249010,40
163Liberty247710,40
164Portage241910,41
165Emsworth237910,42
166Summerhill Township228110,44
167Newtown225110,44
168South Greensburg200310,50
169Marion Township, Berks County191510,52
170Greenwood Township190210,53
171Zerbe Township179510,56
172Honey Brook175210,57
173Bellwood173510,58
174Freeport169310,59
175Waverly Township167410,60
176Mars162810,61
177Patton162710,61
178Springdale Township159010,63
179Shiremanstown157610,63
180Montgomery151810,66
181East Deer Township145010,69
182Terre Hill144010,69
183Womelsdorf287820,69
184North Catasauqua283720,70
185West Conshohocken141510,71
186Luzerne280620,71
187West Mahanoy Township272320,73
188Cambridge Springs264820,76
189Montour Township129910,77
190Clymer127210,79
191Troy124610,80
192West Sadsbury Township247920,81
193Whitaker Borough123910,81
194Independence Township, Beaver County240920,83
195Hickory Township240120,83
196Mount Union236720,84
197Leetsdale118310,85
198Exeter Township, Luzerne County235820,85
199Jefferson Township, Washington County113410,88
200Cochranton109010,92
201McAdoo216620,92
202Bessemer106210,94
203Conway209020,96
204West Cornwall Township203820,98
205Walker Township99811,00
206Linesville99211,01
207Orwigsburg295631,01
208Baldwin Township193221,04
209West Brownsville96511,04
210Mountville287431,04
211Pringle95711,04
212Avonmore Boro95311,05
213St. Clair Boro283531,06
214North Hopewell Township280431,07
215Quarryville278731,08
216West Wyoming267131,12
217Alburtis266331,13
218Everett173721,15
219Tunkhannock173021,16
220New Berlin85911,16
221East Bangor170521,17
222Rockledge254231,18
223East Taylor Township251331,19
224Coopersburg250931,20
225Edgeworth165321,21
226Cresson157621,27
227Polk77811,29
228Roseto155421,29
229Everson76011,32
230Hemlock Township224231,34
231Strasburg298841,34
232Blossburg147821,35
233Churchill292841,37
234Bryn Athyn140921,42
235Harveys Lake278241,44
236McDonald Borough206631,45
237Hughestown137321,46
238Mount Holly Springs204931,46
239Ashland268041,49
240Dupont267041,50
241Rochester Township266741,50
242Reynoldsville266041,50
243South Beaver Township261341,53
244Mercer187631,60
245Riverside187331,60
246Adamstown185731,62
247Emporium185131,62
248Lawrenceville61111,64
249Heidelberg121921,64
250Renovo121921,64
251Bonneauville182431,64
252Lehigh Township178631,68
253Dalton119021,68
254Forest City177031,69
255Duncansville117421,70
256Summit Hill293451,70
257Fawn Township232641,72
258Jamestown57711,73
259Oakland56611,77
260Brownsville223841,79
261Lawrence Township, Tioga County165031,82
262White Haven Borough109621,82
263New Wilmington218841,83
264Bedford270951,85
265Hastings215441,86
266Dublin Borough214941,86
267Morton268651,86
268Roaring Creek Township53411,87
269Muncy Township106321,88
270Langhorne Borough159231,88
271East Union Township158631,89
272Neville Township105721,89
273Portland51611,94
274Smethport154131,95
275Susquehanna151431,98
276Leechburg200242,00
277Bentleyville249252,01
278Berlin197342,03
279Milford97322,06
280Moscow192742,08
281Girardville144532,08
282Verona240252,08
283West Homestead189142,12
284Penn47012,13
285Cass Township187742,13
286Seward46912,13
287Kulpmont278762,15
288Stockertown91722,18
289Penbrook298572,35
290Millersburg254162,36
291Apollo153642,60
292Ligonier152542,62
293Robinson Township, Washington County190052,63
294North Belle Vernon186152,69
295Freedom148842,69
296Briar Creek Township297482,69
297Wilkes-Barre Township288982,77
298Kenhorst287482,78
299Coaldale215062,79
300Midland249572,81
301Yardley248972,81
302Cherry Tree34012,94
303Southwest Greensburg203362,95
304Perryopolis169052,96
305Tremont167552,99
306Brockway200462,99
307Covington Township224373,12
308Leet Township158553,15
309New Hope251583,18
310Penndel218573,20
311Conemaugh Township, Cambria County185463,24
312West Carroll Township121243,30
313Hooversville60123,33
314Williamsburg119343,35
315East Lansdowne267093,37
316Marietta262793,43
317Elkland173663,46
318Burgettstown132053,79
319East McKeesport2636103,79
320East Washington182273,84
321Fairfield51323,90
322Watsontown227593,96
323West Newton2484104,03
324Girard2959124,06
325Ashley2709114,06
326Vandling70734,24
327Crescent Township2569114,28
328Tullytown183984,35
329Johnsonburg2291104,36
330Coudersport2430114,53
331Tioga64534,65
332Shinglehouse106854,68
333Catawissa148474,72
334Meshoppen144274,85
335Jermyn2053104,87
336Towanda2828144,95
337Colwyn2551135,10
338Bridgewater77245,18
339Sugar Notch96055,21
340Canton1881105,32
341Trainer1847105,41
342Koppel72345,53
343Elizabeth1980115,56
344Youngsville161795,57
345Curwensville2397145,84
346Millbourne115976,04
347Middleburg130886,12
348Carrolltown79656,28
349Shamokin Dam1751116,28
350Locust Township139996,43
351Highspire2369166,75
352Braddock2110157,11
353Kidder Township1919147,30
354Parkside2331198,15
355Foster Township, Schuylkill County24428,20
356Galeton109598,22
357Lanesboro46548,60
358Versailles1471149,52
359East Conemaugh1416149,89
360Eddystone2412249,95
361Marcus Hook24022912,07
362South Coatesville14671812,27
363Rankin20592612,63
364Southwest Regional, Washington County132215,15
365Weatherly24434719,24

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Macungie317900,00
2Pine Creek Township327100,00
3Tulpehocken Township336800,00
4Conneaut Lake Regional348200,00
5Douglass Township, Berks County359700,00
6Jefferson Township, Lackawanna County366100,00
7East Franklin Township385400,00
8Jackson Township, Butler County395300,00
9North Beaver396700,00
10Bethel Township, Berks County415400,00
11Birmingham Township420100,00
12Fairview Township, Luzerne County448500,00
13Granville Township500000,00
14Collegeville513400,00
15Fox Chapel529700,00
16Adams Township, Cambria County558100,00
17Wright Township561100,00
18Butler Township, Schuylkill County562500,00
19Millcreek Township, Lebanon County571400,00
20Luzerne Township594000,00
21East Vincent Township723200,00
22East Marlborough Township741600,00
23Pleasant Hills811300,00
24North Londonderry Township852310,12
25South Londonderry Township842710,12
26East Coventry Township677810,15
27Bellefonte632510,16
28Wilkins Township618410,16
29Shippensburg558410,18
30West Vincent Township557210,18
31Scott Township, Columbia County501610,20
32Northampton988420,20
33Penn Township, Butler County491610,20
34Scott Township, Lackawanna County475310,21
35Jackson Township, Luzerne County463110,22
36Economy920520,22
37Kiskiminetas Township449610,22
38Greene County Regional Police Department449210,22
39Evans City-Seven Fields Regional448810,22
40Schuylkill Township, Chester County865820,23
41West Penn Township425910,23
42Redstone Township422510,24
43Patterson Township421810,24
44Kennett Township831720,24
45Jackson Township, Cambria County408310,24
46North Coventry Township801220,25
47Chippewa Township799520,25
48Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County398210,25
49Greenfield Township, Blair County398110,25
50Camp Hill794620,25
51Carroll Valley392810,25
52Upper Perkiomen387710,26
53South Heidelberg Township737820,27
54Earl Township724320,28
55Tilden Township360710,28
56Mount Pleasant Township350310,29
57Manor336910,30
58Marlborough Township336610,30
59Freedom Township335210,30
60South Lebanon Township993530,30
61Carroll Township, York County644020,31
62Mahanoy Township318610,31
63Union City316210,32
64Reading Township583720,34
65Solebury Township858530,35
66West Earl Township850330,35
67West Manheim Township849730,35
68Middlesex Township, Butler County563620,35
69Vernon Township543220,37
70Chartiers Township793730,38
71Spring Township, Centre County790530,38
72Turtle Creek519220,39
73Upper Yoder Township509320,39
74Old Lycoming Township492720,41
75Bedminster Township724130,41
76Indiana Township719530,42
77Moore Township934340,43
78Ohio Township687430,44
79East Petersburg452620,44
80Cornwall432620,46
81Slatington432220,46
82Salem Township, Luzerne County419220,48
83Collier Township832440,48
84Clarks Summit621030,48
85Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County614730,49
86Foster Township, McKean County408020,49
87Boyertown405820,49
88Armagh Township381020,52
89Ridgway376420,53
90Neshannock Township922350,54
91East Pikeland Township734540,54
92New Cumberland732340,55
93Newport Township538630,56
94Rice Township355920,56
95Clarion531630,56
96Slippery Rock353720,57
97Malvern351020,57
98Kane348920,57
99Birdsboro516730,58
100Upper Makefield Township847950,59
101Sugarcreek496930,60
102Swoyersville494930,61
103Forward Township329520,61
104West View657840,61
105Lower Frederick Township488430,61
106Reserve Township323820,62
107Conshohocken808150,62
108Royersford477730,63
109Swarthmore626640,64
110Brecknock Township, Berks County464030,65
111Ebensburg309320,65
112Bethel Township, Delaware County921960,65
113Mohnton306420,65
114Mansfield303420,66
115Edgewood302220,66
116Blair Township450330,67
117Edinboro590240,68
118Norwood589640,68
119New Sewickley Township724950,69
120Nazareth570640,70
121Bern Township702550,71
122Aldan415730,72
123Sinking Spring412830,73
124Castle Shannon815360,74
125North Sewickley Township540640,74
126Sadsbury Township, Chester County401730,75
127Dallas Township925970,76
128Shillington528940,76
129Washington Township, Northampton County522840,77
130Upper Leacock Township896370,78
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