Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Upper Saucon Township, PA Crime Grade
How Upper Saucon 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
5/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Upper Saucon Township, PA was 59.3 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 18,561). That puts Upper Saucon Township 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 74% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Upper Saucon Township #627 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 83% of them, and #105 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 165% year over year and up 42% over the last five years.
Upper Saucon Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 59.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #627 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #105 of 240
- Safer than
- 83% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 165%
- 5-year change
- up 42%
- Population
- 18,561
- Reporting agency
- Upper Saucon Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Upper Saucon Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0391100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Upper Saucon Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Upper Saucon 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 41.8(7) | 11.7(2) | 11.4(2) | 22.4(4) | 59.3(11) |
| Murder | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 11.2(2) | 16.2(3) |
| Robbery | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 29.9(5) | 11.7(2) | 5.7(1) | 5.6(1) | 37.7(7) |
| Property crime | 555.4(93) | 461.4(79) | 318.1(56) | 509.4(91) | 323.3(60) |
| Burglary | 77.6(13) | 87.6(15) | 11.4(2) | 56.0(10) | 16.2(3) |
| Larceny | 412.0(69) | 373.8(64) | 284.0(50) | 442.2(79) | 296.3(55) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 65.7(11) | 0.0(0) | 22.7(4) | 11.2(2) | 10.8(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Upper Saucon 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 Saucon 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 Saucon Township calculated?
- Upper Saucon 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 Saucon 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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