Crime in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Lower Southampton at 37% below the U.S. rate per resident: 67% lower for persons crimes and 31% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Lower Southampton. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 10.8 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.0 violent, 9.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Lower Southampton is higher than 49% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and lower than 47% 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 Southampton's 14 census block groups for 20,422 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 Southampton.
- 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 Southampton
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 26 and 81.
- 0–5051.8%
- 50–10025.1%
- 100–20023.1%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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No crime type in Lower Southampton is more than 15% 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 8.2% 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 Southampton against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,143 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Lower Southampton's, and 368 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Lower Southampton's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 3 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Trevose (under 1 mi), is 29% below Lower Southampton's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Lower Southampton
Is Lower Southampton safe?
Lower Southampton's major-crime index is 63, 37% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 49% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 67% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 31% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Lower Southampton?
The model expects about 220 major crimes a year in Lower Southampton, about 10.8 per 1,000 residents, 37% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Lower Southampton?
Expected major crimes in Lower Southampton are down 8.2% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Lower Southampton?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 73 a year), shoplifting (about 73 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 26 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Lower Southampton?
The model expects about 26 thefts from vehicles a year in Lower Southampton, 53% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Lower Southampton?
The model expects about 17 motor vehicle thefts a year in Lower Southampton, 47% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Lower Southampton safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 69 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 62 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 Southampton higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Lower Southampton's major-crime index is 63, 25% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Lower Southampton compare with Trevose?
Trevose, under a mile away, has a major-crime index of 45, 29% below Lower Southampton's rate per resident. Lower Southampton's is 63.
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 Southampton's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lower Southampton 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: 20,422. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/lower-southampton
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