Chestnut Crossroads, PA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Chestnut Crossroads is a township of 526 in Cumberland County, about 35 miles southwest of downtown Harrisburg · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Chestnut Crossroads?

Violent crime is low in Chestnut Crossroads: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 87% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 957 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

87% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Chestnut Crossroads as a whole, and 13% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Chestnut Crossroads scores 957.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 958 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoods
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Property crimeSafety score 959 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Chestnut Crossroads

Map of Chestnut Crossroads shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Chestnut Crossroads, PA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Chestnut Crossroads, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Chestnut Crossroads

CrimeGrade™ estimates Chestnut Crossroads has about 7.3 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Pennsylvania.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Chestnut Crossroads, about 92% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 10.020.05
RapeAunder 10.570.38
RobberyA+under 10.020.62
AssaultA46.712.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.


Where and when violent crime happens in Chestnut Crossroads

The State Police (Cumberland County) polices Chestnut Crossroads, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.

In Chestnut Crossroads, 60% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
Aggravated assaultHomes (60%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)

Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.


Violent crime in Chestnut Crossroads and nearby cities

Chestnut Crossroads has less violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Chestnut CrossroadsA+957A+526
Cleversburg 2 milesA+961A+464
Walnut Bottom 3 milesA+932A+576
Shippensburg 4 milesA897A25,500
Shippensburg University 4 milesA871A354
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Mainsville 4 milesA+945A+860
Oakville 5 milesA+951A+349
Middle Spring 5 milesA+945A+380
Cobblesville 5 milesA+969A+387
Stoughstown 6 milesA+942A+395
Pine Grove Furnace 6 milesA+972A+280

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Chestnut Crossroads. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Chestnut Crossroads has more violent crime than 74% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Chestnut CrossroadsA+957A+526
Twin Lakes, MNA+994A+526
Archer, IAA+993A+526
New Effington, SDA+990A+526
Bienville, LAA+990A+526
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Langes Corners, WIA+989A+526
Brownsville, VTA+971A+526
Silver Beach Heights, FLA+952A+526
Wanakah, NYA+935A526
Indian Creek, ILA+932A+526
Philadelphus, NCA-781A-526

What violent crime costs Chestnut Crossroads

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Chestnut Crossroads about $340,000 a year, or $639 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $73,000, or $139 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year

How the cost breaks down

Pain and suffering are about 78% of that full cost.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$24,000$46
Rape$18,000$34
Robbery$340$1
Assault$31,000$58
Total$73,000$139

How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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