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Safety in Lower Towamensing · County and nearby FBI data

Safety in Lower Towamensing

Lower Towamensing doesn’t have its own police figures in the FBI’s data. It’s most likely covered by the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police. Below is what they report.

Nearest ER
6.7 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Storm & flood risk
High
higher than 64% of U.S. places
FEMA
Who patrols here

Lower Towamensing is covered by the county and the state

Lower Towamensing has no police department of its own in the FBI’s data. Calls here most likely go to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police, and their numbers cover the whole area they patrol, not just Lower Towamensing.

Carbon County Sheriff’s Office

Crimes reported in the parts of Carbon County it patrols: the towns and villages without police of their own.

Property crimes
0
in Carbon County, 2024
Violent crimes
0
in Carbon County, 2024

The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office isn’t in the FBI’s 2025 table (no full year reported), so 2024 is its newest figure.

Pennsylvania State Police

The State Police also patrol Carbon County, mostly its rural roads and towns.

Property crimes (burglary, theft, stolen cars)

Violent crimes (assault, robbery, rape, murder)

▼ Property crime down 25% since 2022▲ Violent crime up 12% since 2022

These are counts, not rates. The FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers, so we can’t turn them into a per-resident figure or a Safety Grade. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, offenses known to law enforcement by county and by state agency.

Next door

Lower Towamensing and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
Palmerton—05.12025
LehighA+04.32025

Reported crimes per 1,000 residents in each town’s latest year; * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people; — = not graded. No town figures in the FBI’s data: Bowmanstown, East Penn, Towamensing, Eldred, Moore, Mahoning.

Be ready

Know who to call, and what the weather can do

For emergencies, the nearest ER, and the storms and floods Lower Towamensing plans for.

Emergencies911

Police, fire or medical, anywhere in Lower Towamensing.

Nearest emergency roomSt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

Lehighton · 6.7 miles

Directions Health care →
Storms & floods
HighFEMA riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesHeat waves

Expected damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. 4 paid flood insurance claims since 1996.

Natural hazards in Lower Towamensing →

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index and flood insurance claims. Hospitals: CMS Hospital General Information. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.

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