What is the crime rate in Swatara Township (Dauphin County), PA?

In 2025, the Swatara Township Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 634 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 152 violent and 2,136 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,687 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: 152
Property per 100,000: 2,136
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 634

Crime reported by the Swatara 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	53	179	804	2,716	29,598
2024	45	153	826	2,810	29,394
2025	45	152	634	2,136	29,687

Violent crimes reported went from 53 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 804 in 2023 to 634 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.

Swatara Township (Dauphin County) against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Swatara Township (Dauphin County)	152	2,136
Dauphin County	250	1,087
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 Swatara Township (Dauphin County), 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Swatara Township (Dauphin County)	—	152	2,136
Steelton	1.8 mi	799	1,285
Highspire	2.8 mi	220	512
Lower Swatara Township	3.1 mi	207	355
Penbrook	3.2 mi	307	858
New Cumberland	4.1 mi	78	784
Harrisburg	4.7 mi	634	1,825
Lower Paxton Township	4.9 mi	138	1,000
Hummelstown	5.0 mi	286	594

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 Swatara Township (Dauphin County) include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Bressler, Enhaut, Lawnton, Rutherford.

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