What is the crime rate in Washington Township (Franklin County), PA?

In 2025, the Washington Township Police Department, Franklin County reported 15 violent crimes and 173 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 96 violent and 1,113 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,550 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: 96
Property per 100,000: 1,113
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 173

Crime reported by the Washington Township Police Department, Franklin County, 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	11	72	178	1,161	15,334
2024	12	77	195	1,252	15,574
2025	15	96	173	1,113	15,550

Violent crimes reported went from 11 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 178 in 2023 to 173 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.

Washington Township (Franklin County) against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Washington Township (Franklin County)	96	1,113
Franklin County	136	823
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 Washington Township (Franklin County), 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Washington Township (Franklin County)	—	96	1,113
Waynesboro	1.3 mi	135	935
Smithsburg	6.7 mi	31	370
Carroll Valley	9.1 mi	0	605
Greencastle	9.3 mi	47	473
Liberty Township (Adams County)	11 mi	0	354
Hagerstown	12 mi	616	2,454
Thurmont	12 mi	110	568

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 Washington Township (Franklin County) include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Pen Mar, Wayne Heights.

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