What is the crime rate in West Goshen Township, PA?

In 2025, the West Goshen Township Police Department reported 36 violent crimes and 278 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 147 violent and 1,138 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,420 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: 147
Property per 100,000: 1,138
Violent crimes: 36
Property crimes: 278

Crime reported by the West Goshen Township Police Department, 2024 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
2024	70	293	252	1,055	23,889
2025	36	147	278	1,138	24,420

Violent crimes reported went from 70 in 2024 to 36 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 252 in 2024 to 278 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.

West Goshen Township against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Goshen Township	147	1,138
Chester County	86	579
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 West Goshen Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Goshen Township	—	147	1,138
West Chester	1.1 mi	184	964
Westtown Township	3.2 mi	40	457
West Whiteland Township	3.7 mi	61	1,425
Birmingham Township	5.3 mi	0	96
Willistown Township	5.4 mi	88	246
East Whiteland Township	5.5 mi	78	833
Malvern	5.9 mi	0	289
Downingtown	6.1 mi	70	1,749

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

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