Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Upper Chichester Township, PA Crime Grade
How Upper Chichester 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
8/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Upper Chichester Township, PA was 146.8 per 100,000 residents (25 incidents over a population of 17,034). That puts Upper Chichester Township 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 36% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Upper Chichester Township #1,602 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #176 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Upper Chichester Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 146.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,602 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #176 of 240
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 17,034
- Reporting agency
- Upper Chichester Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Upper Chichester Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0233600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Upper Chichester Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Upper Chichester 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 | 252.9(43) | 165.4(28) | 100.1(17) | 167.2(28) | 146.8(25) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.8(2) | 29.5(5) | 17.7(3) | 17.9(3) | 17.6(3) |
| Robbery | 76.5(13) | 41.4(7) | 35.3(6) | 17.9(3) | 23.5(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 164.7(28) | 94.5(16) | 47.1(8) | 131.4(22) | 105.7(18) |
| Property crime | 1782.1(303) | 1565.7(265) | 941.9(160) | 1439.1(241) | 1344.4(229) |
| Burglary | 135.3(23) | 112.3(19) | 88.3(15) | 167.2(28) | 93.9(16) |
| Larceny | 1570.4(267) | 1358.9(230) | 724.1(123) | 1021.1(171) | 1045.0(178) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 76.5(13) | 94.5(16) | 129.5(22) | 250.8(42) | 205.5(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Upper Chichester 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 Upper Chichester 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 Upper Chichester Township calculated?
- Upper Chichester 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 Upper Chichester 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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