Bristol Township, PA has a B safety grade (71/100) with a violent crime rate of 151 per 100,000, 57% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Bristol Township, PA Crime Rate & Safety
At 53,784 residents, Bristol 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.
Bristol Township, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bristol Township, PA shows violent crime at 150.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,595.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
150.6/100K violent
1595.3/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bristol Township, PA
Comparable rate records
Bristol Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bristol Township's 150.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Peters Township (149.8), New Hope (151.7), Sugarcreek (149.5), Lower Swatara Township (151.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Bristol Township sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 150.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bristol Township ranks 213 of 838 — above 625 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +130.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 166.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 150.6 in 2024 (-9.7%). The highest observed value was 166.8 in 2020 and the lowest 22.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Bristol 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.
Bristol Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Bristol Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 939 offenses; mix index 5,506).
Violent offenses are only 9% 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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-8.9%
165.3 → 150.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+8.3%
1472.8 → 1595.3/100K
Property offenses lead Bristol Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
vs US avg
Property Crime
858
1595.3
1457.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
682
1268
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
124
230.6
-
-
Burglary
52
96.7
-
-
Arson
3
5.6
-
-
Violent Crime
81
150.6
249.5
352
Aggravated Assault
34
63.2
-
-
Robbery
26
48.3
-
-
Rape
21
39
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Bristol 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.
Bristol 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
Bristol Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Bristol Township Summary Reporting (SRS)
Bristol Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Bristol Township's 939 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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How many crimes were reported in Bristol Township?
In 2024, Bristol Township reported 81 violent crimes and 858 property crimes, for a total of 939 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bristol Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Bristol Township's violent crime rate decreased by 8.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 8.3%.
What is the most common crime in Bristol Township?
The most common crime type in Bristol Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.6% of all reported crimes (682 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Bristol 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 Bristol Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.