Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lower Paxton Township, PA Crime Grade
How Lower Paxton 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
7/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lower Paxton Township, PA was 132.4 per 100,000 residents (74 incidents over a population of 55,909). That puts Lower Paxton Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 42% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Lower Paxton Township #1,453 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 61% of them, and #165 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Lower Paxton Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 132.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,453 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #165 of 240
- Safer than
- 61% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 55,909
- Reporting agency
- Lower Paxton Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lower Paxton Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0220400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lower Paxton Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lower Paxton 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 202.2(99) | 176.5(87) | 189.1(95) | 148.6(82) | 132.4(74) |
| Murder | 2.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) |
| Rape | 47.0(23) | 50.7(25) | 27.9(14) | 43.5(24) | 26.8(15) |
| Robbery | 34.7(17) | 20.3(10) | 23.9(12) | 18.1(10) | 12.5(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 118.4(58) | 105.5(52) | 137.4(69) | 87.0(48) | 91.2(51) |
| Property crime | 1521.3(745) | 1353.1(667) | 876.0(440) | 1058.5(584) | 992.7(555) |
| Burglary | 149.1(73) | 142.0(70) | 69.7(35) | 47.1(26) | 44.7(25) |
| Larceny | 1321.2(647) | 1162.4(573) | 752.5(378) | 942.5(520) | 896.1(501) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 42.9(21) | 44.6(22) | 53.8(27) | 63.4(35) | 44.7(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lower Paxton 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 Paxton 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 Paxton Township calculated?
- Lower Paxton 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 Paxton 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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