The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Clifton Heights, PA
Clifton Heights is a borough of 15,300 in Delaware County, about 8 miles west of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Clifton Heights, PA safe?
Mostly, yes. Crime in Clifton Heights is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-, but most US neighborhoods are safer still: Clifton Heights has more crime than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Clifton Heights run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 780 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Clifton Heights as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Clifton Heights scores 780.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Clifton Heights, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Clifton Heights, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Clifton Heights
Burglary is a strength. Clifton Heights grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live.
Simple assaults are uncommon. Clifton Heights has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Clifton Heights
Every part of Clifton Heights where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Clifton Heights run from A to B; 13% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Clifton Heights, the southwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Clifton Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Clifton Heights has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 21% less than Pennsylvania.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Clifton Heights is theft, about 56% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Clifton Heights compares with nearby cities
Clifton Heights has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Clifton Heights. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Clifton Heights is safer than 54% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and parking lots in Clifton Heights
Two things set Clifton Heights apart: it has a Walk Grade of B- (48 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 0.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Very walkable places tend to report more theft and assault, and theft runs high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.B- (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 91% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.69% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Clifton Heights: C- (29 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 80% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Clifton Heights
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Clifton Heights about $626 a year per household, 48% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $13 million a year, or $820 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$790,000
$52
Rape
$130,000
$8
Robbery
$150,000
$9
Assault
$910,000
$60
Burglary
$110,000
$7
Theft
$990,000
$65
Vehicle theft
$290,000
$19
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$430,000
$28
Total
$3.8 million
$249
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Clifton Heights means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Clifton Heights is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Clifton Heights, PA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 31% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Clifton Heights on SchoolGrade
