Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Peters Township, PA Crime Grade
How Peters 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
4/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Peters Township, PA was 55.7 per 100,000 residents (13 incidents over a population of 23,322). That puts Peters Township 83% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 76% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Peters Township #586 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 84% of them, and #96 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 63% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Peters Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 55.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #586 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #96 of 240
- Safer than
- 84% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 63%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 23,322
- Reporting agency
- Peters Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Peters Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0630400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Peters Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Peters 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 | 54.2(12) | 63.2(14) | 149.5(35) | 149.8(35) | 55.7(13) |
| Murder | 4.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.3(1) |
| Rape | 4.5(1) | 4.5(1) | 4.3(1) | 4.3(1) | 8.6(2) |
| Robbery | 13.6(3) | 4.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 31.6(7) | 54.2(12) | 140.9(33) | 145.5(34) | 42.9(10) |
| Property crime | 605.3(134) | 257.5(57) | 311.8(73) | 291.0(68) | 253.0(59) |
| Burglary | 58.7(13) | 22.6(5) | 42.7(10) | 25.7(6) | 17.2(4) |
| Larceny | 533.1(118) | 230.4(51) | 264.8(62) | 248.2(58) | 214.4(50) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9.0(2) | 4.5(1) | 4.3(1) | 17.1(4) | 21.4(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Peters 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 Peters 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 Peters Township calculated?
- Peters 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 Peters 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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