Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Montgomery Township, PA Crime Grade
How Montgomery 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
2/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Montgomery Township, PA was 22.7 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 26,384). That puts Montgomery Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 90% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Montgomery Township #166 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 96% of them, and #33 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 67% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Montgomery Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 22.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #166 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #33 of 240
- Safer than
- 96% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 67%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 26,384
- Reporting agency
- Montgomery Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Montgomery Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0461800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Montgomery Township, PA
Also known as
- Montgomery Station
History
Named in honor of Robert Montgomery, who donated land for the RR station & yard around 1850. Name shortened upon incorporation about 40 years later
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. Montgomery Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Montgomery 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 | 22.8(6) | 53.5(14) | 49.8(13) | 69.0(18) | 22.7(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 3.8(1) | 3.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 11.5(3) | 7.7(2) | 19.2(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 22.8(6) | 38.2(10) | 38.3(10) | 46.0(12) | 22.7(6) |
| Property crime | 877.8(231) | 1414.5(370) | 1597.2(417) | 1565.1(408) | 1296.2(342) |
| Burglary | 19.0(5) | 57.3(15) | 61.3(16) | 46.0(12) | 19.0(5) |
| Larceny | 843.6(222) | 1318.9(345) | 1489.9(389) | 1461.5(381) | 1231.8(325) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 15.2(4) | 38.2(10) | 46.0(12) | 57.5(15) | 45.5(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery Township calculated?
- Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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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