Crime in Lower Moreland, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Lower Moreland at 35% below the U.S. rate per resident: 83% lower for persons crimes and 24% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Lower Moreland. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 11.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 10.7 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Lower Moreland is higher than 51% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and lower than 45% 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 Lower Moreland's 9 census block groups for 14,135 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 Lower Moreland.
- 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 Lower Moreland
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 26 and 106.
- 0–5059.9%
- 50–10014.4%
- 100–20025.7%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 21% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weeknights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 6.2% 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.
Lower Moreland against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,097 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Lower Moreland's, and 365 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Lower Moreland's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 2 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Upper Southampton (3 mi), is 62% below Lower Moreland's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Lower Moreland
Is Lower Moreland safe?
Lower Moreland's major-crime index is 65, 35% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 51% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 83% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 24% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Lower Moreland?
The model expects about 158 major crimes a year in Lower Moreland, about 11.2 per 1,000 residents, 35% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Lower Moreland?
Expected major crimes in Lower Moreland are down 6.2% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Lower Moreland?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 58 a year), shoplifting (about 54 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 19 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Lower Moreland?
The model expects about 19 thefts from vehicles a year in Lower Moreland, 50% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Lower Moreland?
The model expects about 10 motor vehicle thefts a year in Lower Moreland, 58% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Lower Moreland safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 72 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 63 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 Lower Moreland higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Lower Moreland's major-crime index is 65, 22% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Lower Moreland compare with Upper Southampton?
Upper Southampton, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 25, 62% below Lower Moreland's rate per resident. Lower Moreland's is 65.
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. Lower Moreland's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lower Moreland 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: 14,135. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lower Moreland, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/lower-moreland
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