Crime in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Major crime in Fort Washington is 30% below the U.S. rate per resident: 79% lower for persons crimes and 19% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 1.2% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Fort Washington for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Fort Washington
The middle half of Fort Washington residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 20 and 20; the typical (median) resident's is 20. The citywide figure (70) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5079.6%
- 50–10020.4%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 1.2% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
Change in expected crimes, with Pennsylvania as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Fort Washington against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
685 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Fort Washington; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Fort Washington has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Ambler (1 mi), is 29% below Fort Washington's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Fort Washington
What are the most common crimes in Fort Washington?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 24 a year), other larceny (about 15 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Fort Washington's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Fort Washington has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- 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: 4,713. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/fort-washington
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Ambler1 mi50
- Maple Glen3 mi30
- Blue Bell3 mi27
- Willow Grove4 mi116
- Horsham5 mi55
- Jenkintown5 mi75
- Hatboro6 mi39
- North Wales6 mi61