Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lower Moreland Township, PA Crime Grade
How Lower Moreland 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 Moreland Township, PA was 35.1 per 100,000 residents (5 incidents over a population of 14,253). That puts Lower Moreland Township 89% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 85% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Lower Moreland Township #302 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 92% of them, and #58 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 59% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Lower Moreland Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 35.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #302 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #58 of 240
- Safer than
- 92% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 59%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 14,253
- Reporting agency
- Lower Moreland Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lower Moreland Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0461500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lower Moreland Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lower Moreland 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 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 30.3(4) | 22.9(3) | 14.1(2) | 85.0(12) | 35.1(5) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(1) | 7.0(1) |
| Robbery | 7.6(1) | 15.2(2) | 7.1(1) | 21.2(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 22.7(3) | 7.6(1) | 7.1(1) | 49.6(7) | 28.1(4) |
| Property crime | 924.0(122) | 1150.5(151) | 995.2(141) | 785.9(111) | 947.2(135) |
| Burglary | 151.5(20) | 91.4(12) | 120.0(17) | 49.6(7) | 70.2(10) |
| Larceny | 734.6(97) | 1028.6(135) | 776.4(110) | 658.5(93) | 792.8(113) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 37.9(5) | 22.9(3) | 91.8(13) | 70.8(10) | 84.2(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lower Moreland 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 Lower Moreland 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 Lower Moreland Township calculated?
- Lower Moreland 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 Lower Moreland 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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