Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Upper Merion Township, PA Crime Grade
How Upper Merion 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 Upper Merion Township, PA was 40.4 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 37,149). That puts Upper Merion Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 82% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Upper Merion Township #364 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 90% of them, and #66 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 67% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
Upper Merion Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 40.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #364 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #66 of 240
- Safer than
- 90% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 67%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 37,149
- Reporting agency
- Upper Merion Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Upper Merion Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0462900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Upper Merion Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Upper Merion 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 | 75.0(23) | 59.5(20) | 119.0(42) | 123.6(45) | 40.4(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.7(1) |
| Rape | 13.0(4) | 3.0(1) | 11.3(4) | 0.0(0) | 13.5(5) |
| Robbery | 32.6(10) | 23.8(8) | 51.0(18) | 57.7(21) | 8.1(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 29.3(9) | 29.8(10) | 53.8(19) | 65.9(24) | 16.2(6) |
| Property crime | 3618.8(1,110) | 2220.6(746) | 4223.3(1,491) | 3760.2(1,369) | 2557.3(950) |
| Burglary | 97.8(30) | 160.7(54) | 99.1(35) | 71.4(26) | 51.1(19) |
| Larceny | 3442.8(1,056) | 1991.4(669) | 3925.9(1,386) | 3554.2(1,294) | 2379.6(884) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 61.9(19) | 68.5(23) | 195.4(69) | 131.8(48) | 123.8(46) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Upper Merion 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 Merion 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 Merion Township calculated?
- Upper Merion 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 Merion 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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