Bensalem Township, PA has a B safety grade (65/100) with a violent crime rate of 94 per 100,000, 73% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Bensalem Township, PA Crime Rate & Safety
At 62,843 residents, Bensalem Township is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against PA and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Bensalem Township, PA is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 73% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bensalem Township, PA shows violent crime at 93.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,877 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 73% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
93.9/100K violent
2877/100K property
-73% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bensalem Township, PA
Comparable rate records
Bensalem Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bensalem Township's 93.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hermitage (94.4), Lawrence Township, Tioga County (93.3), Athens (93.2), Lansdale (94.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 125.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 93.9 in 2024 (-25.2%). The highest observed value was 125.6 in 2020 and the lowest 55.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.2% of the 1,867 Part I offenses reported in Bensalem Township for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 6.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Bensalem Township sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 93.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bensalem Township ranks 331 of 838 — above 507 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +43.7% against the cohort median of 65.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Bensalem Township's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Bensalem Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Bensalem Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (84% of 1,867 offenses; mix index 7,148).
Violent offenses are only 3% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+15.2%
81.5 → 93.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+12.8%
2551.3 → 2877/100K
Property offenses lead Bensalem Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,808
2877
1457.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
1,566
2491.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
186
296
-
-
Burglary
56
89.1
-
-
Arson
9
14.3
-
-
Violent Crime
59
93.9
249.5
352
Aggravated Assault
28
44.6
-
-
Robbery
27
43
-
-
Rape
3
4.8
-
-
Murder
1
1.6
-
-
Bensalem Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Bensalem Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Bensalem Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Bensalem Township NIBRS-participating
Bensalem Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bensalem Township's 1,867 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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How many crimes were reported in Bensalem Township?
In 2024, Bensalem Township reported 59 violent crimes and 1,808 property crimes, for a total of 1,867 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bensalem Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Bensalem Township's violent crime rate increased by 15.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.8%.
What is the most common crime in Bensalem Township?
The most common crime type in Bensalem Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.9% of all reported crimes (1,566 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Bensalem Township's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bensalem Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.