What is the crime rate in Cheltenham Township, PA?

In 2025, the Cheltenham Township Police Department reported 136 violent crimes and 3,490 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 347 violent and 8,902 property crimes per 100,000 of the 39,204 residents it serves.

Across Pennsylvania the rates were 229 and 1,360.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 347
Property per 100,000: 8,902
Violent crimes: 136
Property crimes: 3,490

Crime reported by the Cheltenham Township Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	96	246	1,819	4,654	39,081
2024	78	201	1,919	4,943	38,819
2025	136	347	3,490	8,902	39,204

Violent crimes reported went from 96 in 2023 to 136 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,819 in 2023 to 3,490 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Cheltenham Township against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cheltenham Township	347	8,902
Montgomery County	107	1,492
Pennsylvania	229	1,360
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Cheltenham Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cheltenham Township	—	347	8,902
Jenkintown	1.3 mi	42	1,011
Rockledge	2.6 mi	38	841
Abington Township	2.8 mi	64	1,722
Springfield Township (Montgomery County)	3.6 mi	14	536
Lower Moreland Township	4.5 mi	35	947
Philadelphia	4.8 mi	831	4,355
Upper Dublin Township	5.5 mi	33	506
Bryn Athyn	5.7 mi	0	226

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

The figures for Cheltenham Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Cheltenham Village, Elkins Park, Melrose Park, Oak Lane, Wyncote.

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