Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Hempfield Township, PA Crime Grade
How West Hempfield 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 West Hempfield Township, PA was 44.5 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 20,243). That puts West Hempfield Township 86% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 81% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks West Hempfield Township #421 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 89% of them, and #77 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
West Hempfield Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 44.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #421 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #77 of 240
- Safer than
- 89% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 20,243
- Reporting agency
- West Hempfield Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Hempfield Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0363400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. West Hempfield Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West Hempfield 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 | 72.6(12) | 108.4(18) | 136.8(23) | 59.5(12) | 44.5(9) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | 18.1(3) | 6.0(1) | 41.6(7) | 34.7(7) | 29.6(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West Hempfield 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 West Hempfield 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 West Hempfield Township calculated?
- West Hempfield 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 West Hempfield 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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