Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Buckingham Township, PA Crime Grade
How Buckingham 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
1/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Buckingham Township, PA was 19.2 per 100,000 residents (4 incidents over a population of 20,842). That puts Buckingham Township 94% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 92% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Buckingham Township #127 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 97% of them, and #25 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 290% over the last five years.
Buckingham Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 19.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #127 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #25 of 240
- Safer than
- 97% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 290%
- Population
- 20,842
- Reporting agency
- Buckingham Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Buckingham Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0094700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Buckingham Township, PA
Also known as
- Wilkinsons Tavern
- The General Green
- Centreville
- Vanhorns Tavern
- Bogarts Tavern
- Centerville
- New Buckingham
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. Buckingham Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Buckingham 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 | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 14.8(3) | 19.3(4) | 19.2(4) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 9.9(2) | 4.8(1) | 19.2(4) |
| Property crime | 344.6(70) | 276.1(56) | 399.9(81) | 405.1(84) | 259.1(54) |
| Burglary | 44.3(9) | 64.1(13) | 64.2(13) | 28.9(6) | 4.8(1) |
| Larceny | 280.6(57) | 192.3(39) | 335.7(68) | 361.7(75) | 254.3(53) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 19.7(4) | 14.8(3) | 0.0(0) | 9.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Buckingham 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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham Township calculated?
- Buckingham 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 Buckingham 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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