Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bristol Township, PA Crime Grade
How Bristol 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
8/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bristol Township, PA was 157.1 per 100,000 residents (85 incidents over a population of 54,120). That puts Bristol Township 52% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 31% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Bristol Township #1,682 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 55% of them, and #186 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Bristol Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 157.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,682 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #186 of 240
- Safer than
- 55% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 54,120
- Reporting agency
- Bristol Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bristol Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0090300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bristol Township, PA
Also known as
- Buckingham
- Bucks
- New Bristol
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. Bristol Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bristol 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 177.0(95) | 173.8(93) | 166.8(89) | 150.6(81) | 157.1(85) |
| Murder | 7.5(4) | 1.9(1) | 1.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 27.9(15) | 37.4(20) | 41.2(22) | 39.0(21) | 42.5(23) |
| Robbery | 74.5(40) | 78.5(42) | 61.8(33) | 48.3(26) | 44.3(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 67.1(36) | 56.1(30) | 61.8(33) | 63.2(34) | 70.2(38) |
| Property crime | 1821.8(978) | 1424.1(762) | 1190.1(635) | 1600.8(861) | 1518.8(822) |
| Burglary | 178.8(96) | 143.9(77) | 86.2(46) | 96.7(52) | 88.7(48) |
| Larceny | 1456.7(782) | 1089.6(583) | 931.5(497) | 1268.0(682) | 1225.1(663) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 177.0(95) | 171.9(92) | 170.6(91) | 230.6(124) | 190.3(103) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 Bristol Township calculated?
- Bristol 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 Bristol 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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