One Delaware County community is in the top 10 as far as being the safest town in Pennsylvania for 2021, writes Rebecca Edwards for safewise.com.

Safewise is an online resource that offers safety solutions and recommendations for homes and communities.

Upper Providence, with its population of 10,437, came in 4^th on the list.

The safest community was Luzerne Township in Fayette County. 

Median income in Upper Providence is $107,311.

In 2021, it had .2 incidents of violent crime per 1,000. That compares to .4 incidents in 2020 and .1 incidents in 2019.

In Pennsylvania, the average violent crime rate is 3.1 incidents per 1,000 people.

For property crime, Upper Providence had 2 incidents per 1,000 people in 2021, compared to 1.7 in 2020 and 2.8 in 2019.

In Pennsylvania, the average is 2 incidents per 1,000 people.

Though other Delaware County towns didn’t crack the top 10, some did make the top 50 on the list.

Swarthmore was 21^st with a violent crime rate of .3 in 2021 and a property crime rate of 4.7.

Ridley Park came in 41^st. It had a violent crime rate of 1 and a property crime rates of 6.7 in 2021.

Visit safewise.com to see the entire report.