Crime in Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Bensalem at 26% above the U.S. rate per resident: 72% lower for persons crimes and 48% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Bensalem. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 21.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.9 violent, 20.7 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Bensalem is higher than 81% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 75% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Bensalem's 38 census block groups for 62,880 residents. How Pennsylvania residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 32.2%, summary counts only for 35.0%, estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 24.9% and no reporting agency of their own for 8.0% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Bensalem.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Bensalem
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 49 and 109.
- 0–5033.4%
- 50–10039.2%
- 100–20018.8%
- 200–4006.0%
- 400+2.6%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 3.5 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekend daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 11.3% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Pennsylvania in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Bensalem against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
103 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Bensalem's, and 99 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Bensalem's major-crime index is higher than 7 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Croydon (3 mi), is 19% below Bensalem's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Bensalem
Is Bensalem safe?
Bensalem's major-crime index is 126, 26% above the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 81% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 72% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 48% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Bensalem?
The model expects about 1,358 major crimes a year in Bensalem, about 21.6 per 1,000 residents, 26% above the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Bensalem?
Expected major crimes in Bensalem are down 11.3% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Bensalem?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 696 a year), theft from vehicle (about 218 a year) and other larceny (about 214 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Bensalem?
The model expects about 218 thefts from vehicles a year in Bensalem, 31% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Bensalem?
The model expects about 144 motor vehicle thefts a year in Bensalem, 44% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Bensalem safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 107 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 161 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Bensalem higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Bensalem's major-crime index is 126, 1.5 times the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Bensalem compare with Croydon?
Croydon, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 102, 19% below Bensalem's rate per resident. Bensalem's is 126.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Bensalem's figures add up its 38 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Bensalem has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 62,880. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bensalem, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/bensalem
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