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Safest cities in Pennsylvania? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Pennsylvania city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 36.32 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities29Current candidate pages
Candidate population2,094,604Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses76,082FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

1,572,735 residents Philadelphia 45.75 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 29,484 residents Whitehall Township 23.50 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 10,795 residents Pocono Township 22.51 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 16,028 residents North Fayette Township 17.72 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,649 residents North Versailles Township 16.37 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 21,693 residents South Whitehall Township 12.45 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

10,886 residents West Manheim Township 1.01 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,358 residents Indiana Township 1.22 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 8,864 residents Upper Makefield Township 1.24 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 18,131 residents Upper Saucon Township 1.93 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 8,406 residents Kennedy Township 2.02 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 15,110 residents Cecil Township 2.18 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Home-security guides

City data pages point into practical guides for renters, no-subscription setups, package areas, cameras, and entry alerts.

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Pennsylvania city candidates

City Population Selected offenses Rate per 1,000 Trend
Philadelphia 1,572,735 71,955 45.75 Increasing
Whitehall Township 29,484 693 23.50 Increasing
Pocono Township 10,795 243 22.51 Increasing
North Fayette Township 16,028 284 17.72 Increasing
North Versailles Township 9,649 158 16.37 Roughly stable
South Whitehall Township 21,693 270 12.45 Trend pending
Silver Spring Township 21,383 239 11.18 Increasing
Upper Merion Township 36,234 398 10.98 Trend pending
Upper Chichester Township 16,907 173 10.23 Trend pending
Lower Paxton Township 55,496 538 9.69 Trend pending
Cumru Township 15,872 138 8.69 Trend pending
West Hempfield Township 17,169 122 7.11 Increasing
East Pennsboro Township 21,388 131 6.12 Increasing
Shaler Township 27,005 150 5.55 Decreasing
New Sewickley Township 7,045 37 5.25 Decreasing
East Earl Township 6,791 34 5.01 Decreasing
South Londonderry Township 8,922 32 3.59 Increasing
Upper Allen Township 24,436 84 3.44 Decreasing
West Deer Township 12,189 40 3.28 Increasing
Hampton Township 17,886 56 3.13 Trend pending
Tredyffrin Township 31,874 84 2.64 Trend pending
Hampden Township 35,332 86 2.43 Decreasing
Dallas Township 9,536 21 2.20 Decreasing
Cecil Township 15,110 33 2.18 Increasing
Kennedy Township 8,406 17 2.02 Trend pending
Upper Saucon Township 18,131 35 1.93 Trend pending
Upper Makefield Township 8,864 11 1.24 Decreasing
Indiana Township 7,358 9 1.22 Increasing
West Manheim Township 10,886 11 1.01 Trend pending

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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