Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Elizabeth Township, PA Crime Grade
How Elizabeth 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
5/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Elizabeth Township, PA was 58.6 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 17,056). That puts Elizabeth Township 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 74% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Elizabeth Township #616 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 84% of them, and #101 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 55% year over year and up 26% over the last five years.
Elizabeth Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 58.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #616 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #101 of 240
- Safer than
- 84% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 55%
- 5-year change
- up 26%
- Population
- 17,056
- Reporting agency
- Elizabeth Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Elizabeth Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0020D00) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Elizabeth Township, PA
Also known as
- Elizabethtown
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. Elizabeth Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Elizabeth 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 46.5(6) | 76.8(12) | 71.1(11) | 129.3(22) | 58.6(10) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 32.0(5) | 0.0(0) | 29.4(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 15.5(2) | 12.8(2) | 12.9(2) | 23.5(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 31.0(4) | 32.0(5) | 58.2(9) | 70.5(12) | 58.6(10) |
| Property crime | 495.5(64) | 492.7(77) | 426.9(66) | 523.2(89) | 345.9(59) |
| Burglary | 85.2(11) | 83.2(13) | 25.9(4) | 70.5(12) | 64.5(11) |
| Larceny | 387.1(50) | 371.1(58) | 388.1(60) | 429.1(73) | 252.1(43) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 15.5(2) | 25.6(4) | 12.9(2) | 11.8(2) | 11.7(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth Township calculated?
- Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth 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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