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Bucks County Crime Rates & Safety

Official, public crime data for Bucks County, reported by local police departments to the FBI. We show it as a rate per 100,000 residents so towns of different sizes are comparable, with the years available and how much of the county was reporting. County- and municipality-level only, never a rating of an individual home, street, or person.

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Bucks County reported crime, 2024

Offenses per 100,000 residents, from agencies covering about 95% of the county.

61 / 100k
Violent / 100k
961 / 100k
Property / 100k
2024
Data year
YearViolent / 100kProperty / 100kCounty reporting
202079 / 100k1,021 / 100k91%
202461 / 100k961 / 100k95%

Reported violent offenses per 100k were lower in 2024 than in 2020, and property offenses were lower. Years with sparse reporting are omitted. Pennsylvania switched crime-reporting systems in 2021 (SRS to NIBRS), so comparisons across that line are imperfect.

By municipality in Bucks County

Each figure comes from one police department's FBI reporting, for the latest year that department filed all 12 months. "Violent" is the FBI's count of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; simple assault is not included, which is why a small township can record a real zero. A zero here means the department reported all year and logged none of those offenses. A municipality can be missing for ordinary reasons: its department files partial or no monthly reports to the FBI, it shares a regional department, or it is covered by the State Police. Missing does not mean crime-free, small counts swing year to year, and departments classify assaults differently, so read these as context, not a verdict.

Rates are per 100,000 residents of each department’s jurisdiction and are shown only where at least 10 offenses were reported; below that, the cell states the count itself (“0 reported”, “Fewer than 10 reported”) so a small town’s handful of offenses never reads as a rate.

MunicipalityViolentPropertyYear
Bedminster Township0 reported375 / 100k2024
Bensalem Township94 / 100k2,891 / 100k2024
Bristol BoroughFewer than 10 reported1,285 / 100k2024
Bristol Township151 / 100k1,601 / 100k2024
Buckingham TownshipFewer than 10 reported405 / 100k2024
Central Bucks Regionalserves Doylestown Borough, New Britain Borough, Chalfont BoroughFewer than 10 reported814 / 100k2024
Doylestown TownshipFewer than 10 reported583 / 100k2024
Dublin BoroughFewer than 10 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Falls Township108 / 100k1,733 / 100k2023
Hilltown TownshipFewer than 10 reported722 / 100k2024
Ivyland0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2019
Langhorne Borough0 reported617 / 100k2023
Langhorne Manor0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2020
Lower Makefield TownshipFewer than 10 reported551 / 100k2024
Lower Southampton Township59 / 100k1,119 / 100k2024
Middletown TownshipFewer than 10 reported450 / 100k2024
Morrisville165 / 100k3,173 / 100k2024
New Britain TownshipFewer than 10 reported506 / 100k2024
New HopeFewer than 10 reported1,593 / 100k2024
Newtown Borough0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Newtown TownshipFewer than 10 reported523 / 100k2024
Northampton TownshipFewer than 10 reported298 / 100k2024
PenndelFewer than 10 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Pennridge Regionalserves East Rockhill Township, West Rockhill Township, Sellersville BoroughFewer than 10 reported508 / 100k2024
Perkasie129 / 100k579 / 100k2024
Plumstead TownshipFewer than 10 reported528 / 100k2024
Quakertown380 / 100k1,009 / 100k2024
Richland Township70 / 100k1,182 / 100k2024
Solebury TownshipFewer than 10 reported533 / 100k2024
Springfield Township0 reported347 / 100k2024
Tinicum TownshipFewer than 10 reported263 / 100k2024
TullytownFewer than 10 reported1,651 / 100k2024
Upper Makefield Township0 reported125 / 100k2024
Upper Southampton TownshipFewer than 10 reported325 / 100k2024
Warminster Township60 / 100k777 / 100k2024
Warrington TownshipFewer than 10 reported744 / 100k2024
Warwick TownshipFewer than 10 reported374 / 100k2024
Yardley0 reportedFewer than 10 reported2024
Pennsylvania State PoliceOne combined figure for the municipalities that have no department of their own.78 / 100k671 / 100k2024

Bucks County: overdose context

County-level, not specific to any town, school, or home.

Bucks County recorded 113 drug-overdose deaths in 2024, down from 132 the prior year (peak of 243 in 2017). Recent years are provisional. Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health.

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Weigh this alongside the rest of the local picture: the Bucks County property-tax breakdown, the school-district value matrix, and each district’s academics, attendance, and school-safety data.

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Common questions

What is the crime rate in Bucks County, PA?

In 2024, police in Bucks County reported about 61 violent offenses and 961 property offenses per 100,000 residents, based on FBI UCR/NIBRS data covering roughly 95% of the county's population. Rates are reported offenses, which depend on how completely each police agency reports.

Where does this Bucks County crime data come from?

The FBI's Crime Data Explorer, which publishes the offense counts local and state police agencies report under the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) and National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) programs. We sum each agency's monthly reports into annual county and town totals and express them as a rate per 100,000 residents. We don't add a score or ranking of our own.

Does a lower crime rate mean a town is "safer"?

Not necessarily. A reported-crime rate reflects what police recorded and how completely an agency reports, not the experience of living somewhere. We publish the official numbers as context for families and intentionally do not rank towns or rate individual homes, streets, or neighborhoods.

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These figures describe counties and municipalities, not individual homes or people. They are official public data and may be self-reported, lag by a year or more, or be underreported. They are context, not a safety rating. Crime counts reflect what police agencies reported and vary with reporting practices. Sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer (UCR/NIBRS), 2024; county overdose: Pennsylvania Department of Health. County reference population: U.S. Census 2020.