Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Butler Township, Butler County, PA Crime Grade
How Butler Township, Butler County 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 Butler Township, Butler County, PA was 94.8 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 16,886). That puts Butler Township, Butler County 71% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 59% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Butler Township, Butler County #1,063 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 72% of them, and #142 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
Butler Township, Butler County, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 94.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,063 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #142 of 240
- Safer than
- 72% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 16,886
- Reporting agency
- Butler Township Police Department, Butler County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Butler Township Police Department, Butler County (FBI ORI PA0100200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Butler Township, Butler County (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Butler Township, Butler County 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 | 151.1(25) | 145.9(24) | 79.3(13) | 119.9(20) | 94.8(16) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 18.1(3) | 48.6(8) | 0.0(0) | 18.0(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 12.1(2) | 12.2(2) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 120.9(20) | 85.1(14) | 73.2(12) | 95.9(16) | 88.8(15) |
| Property crime | 2629.7(435) | 1434.9(236) | 1141.4(187) | 1474.6(246) | 1148.9(194) |
| Burglary | 102.8(17) | 36.5(6) | 67.1(11) | 59.9(10) | 11.8(2) |
| Larceny | 2484.6(411) | 1380.2(227) | 1043.7(171) | 1396.7(233) | 1113.3(188) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 18.1(3) | 18.2(3) | 30.5(5) | 18.0(3) | 17.8(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Butler Township, Butler County, 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 Butler Township, Butler County 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 Butler Township, Butler County calculated?
- Butler Township, Butler County'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 Butler Township, Butler County 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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