Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lower Merion Township, PA Crime Grade
How Lower Merion 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
3/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lower Merion Township, PA was 43.1 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 64,974). That puts Lower Merion Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 81% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lower Merion Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lower Merion 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 48.5(29) | 43.1(26) | 66.8(43) | 71.6(46) | 43.1(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.7(1) | 3.1(2) | 3.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 3.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(4) | 1.6(1) | 1.5(1) |
| Robbery | 31.8(19) | 16.6(10) | 29.5(19) | 20.2(13) | 7.7(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 13.4(8) | 24.9(15) | 28.0(18) | 46.7(30) | 33.9(22) |
| Property crime | 1463.3(875) | 1241.0(749) | 1588.2(1,022) | 1798.1(1,156) | 1431.3(930) |
| Burglary | 130.4(78) | 91.1(55) | 152.3(98) | 73.1(47) | 61.6(40) |
| Larceny | 1274.3(762) | 1065.4(643) | 1299.1(836) | 1549.2(996) | 1206.6(784) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 56.9(34) | 84.5(51) | 133.6(86) | 175.8(113) | 160.1(104) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lower Merion Township's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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