Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bensalem Township, PA Crime Grade
How Bensalem Township grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Pennsylvania — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
6/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bensalem Township, PA was 90.2 per 100,000 residents (57 incidents over a population of 63,183). That puts Bensalem Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 61% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Bensalem Township #1,010 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 73% of them, and #139 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Bensalem Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 90.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,010 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #139 of 240
- Safer than
- 73% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 63,183
- Reporting agency
- Bensalem Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bensalem Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0090100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bensalem Township, PA
Also known as
- Salem
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bensalem Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bensalem Township vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 136.0(82) | 115.5(70) | 125.6(76) | 93.9(59) | 90.2(57) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 6.6(4) | 1.7(1) | 1.6(1) | 1.6(1) |
| Rape | 14.9(9) | 8.3(5) | 5.0(3) | 4.8(3) | 17.4(11) |
| Robbery | 66.3(40) | 57.8(35) | 52.9(32) | 43.0(27) | 15.8(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 53.1(32) | 42.9(26) | 66.1(40) | 44.6(28) | 55.4(35) |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bensalem Township, PA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Bensalem Township Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Bensalem Township calculated?
- Bensalem Township's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Pennsylvania state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Bensalem Township Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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