Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Northampton Township, PA Crime Grade
How Northampton 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 Northampton Township, PA was 29.9 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 40,180). That puts Northampton Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 87% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Northampton Township #241 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #51 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 49% year over year and down 2% over the last five years.
Northampton Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 29.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #241 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #51 of 240
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 49%
- 5-year change
- down 2%
- Population
- 40,180
- Reporting agency
- Northampton Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Northampton Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0091300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Northampton Township, PA
Also known as
- Figtown
- Laubachsville
- Siegfried
- Stemton
- Navarro
- Laubach
- Newport
- Siegfrieds Bridge
Location
Area around 11th and 12th Streets in Northampton Borough.
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. Northampton Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Northampton 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 30.5(12) | 10.2(4) | 15.3(6) | 20.1(8) | 29.9(12) |
| Murder | 5.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 2.5(1) |
| Rape | 2.5(1) | 2.6(1) | 2.6(1) | 2.5(1) | 2.5(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 5.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 22.9(9) | 2.6(1) | 12.8(5) | 15.0(6) | 22.4(9) |
| Property crime | 366.5(144) | 334.4(131) | 286.4(112) | 298.4(119) | 201.6(81) |
| Burglary | 50.9(20) | 33.2(13) | 12.8(5) | 20.1(8) | 10.0(4) |
| Larceny | 308.0(121) | 291.0(114) | 255.7(100) | 240.7(96) | 151.8(61) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 7.6(3) | 10.2(4) | 12.8(5) | 32.6(13) | 39.8(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Northampton 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 Northampton 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 Northampton Township calculated?
- Northampton 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 Northampton 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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