Crime in Ridley, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Ridley at about the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 22% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 12.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Ridley. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 17.7 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.6 violent, 17.1 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Ridley is higher than 71% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 65% 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 Ridley's 22 census block groups for 31,135 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 Ridley.
- 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 Ridley
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 34 and 138.
- 0–5037.4%
- 50–10030.1%
- 100–20020.4%
- 200–40012.1%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.9 times 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 rose 12.0% 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.
Ridley against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
243 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Ridley's, and 181 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Ridley's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 2 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Folsom (under 1 mi), is 30% above Ridley's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Ridley
Is Ridley safe?
Ridley's major-crime index is 103, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 71% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 81% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 22% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Ridley?
The model expects about 551 major crimes a year in Ridley, about 17.7 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Ridley?
Expected major crimes in Ridley are up 12.0% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Ridley?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 287 a year), other larceny (about 146 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 71 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Ridley?
The model expects about 71 thefts from vehicles a year in Ridley, 14% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Ridley?
The model expects about 23 motor vehicle thefts a year in Ridley, 55% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Ridley safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 113 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 106 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 Ridley higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Ridley's major-crime index is 103, 23% above the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Ridley compare with Folsom?
Folsom, under a mile away, has a major-crime index of 134, 30% above Ridley's rate per resident. Ridley's is 103.
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. Ridley's figures add up its 22 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Ridley 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: 31,135. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Ridley, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/ridley
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