Incidents

Image for **Roadway Open**Yeager Road Closed for Downed Wires
Incident
Created Nov 8, 2025 / Updated Nov 9, 2025
*11/9/25 - Yeager Road is open* On November 7, 2025, at 11:30 PM, UPT Police and Fire responded for downed wires on Yeager Road near Andrew Way.  The arcing wire from the high voltage line caused an underground gas main to catch fire.  PECO crews have been ...
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Image for April 4th, 2025 Robbery of Motor Vehicle
Incident
Apr 4, 2025
Update: Our detectives are actively continuing to investigate this incident and are in the process of gathering additional evidence. We appreciate the residents who have reached out through phone calls, emails, and video surveillance footage to assist in the investigation...
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Image for Theft from Construction Site
Incident
Mar 20, 2025
The Upper Providence Township Police Department is investigating the theft of aluminum concrete forms, valued at approximately $7,000.00, from a residential construction site in the Royersford section of the township, located between Longview Drive and Stonehouse Circle. The t...
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Image for Attempted Child Luring - Evening of March 11th
Incident
Mar 12, 2025
On the evening of Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Upper Providence Township Police officers responded to the 500 block of Andover Lane for the report of a possible attempted child luring. Officers met with the child and their mother, who reported that the child was outside playing ar...
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Image for Pedestrian Struck and Killed
Incident
Created Oct 23, 2024 / Updated Oct 29, 2024
  Update:  The pedestrian has been identified as Howard Hoffman, 70, of King of Prussia, Pa.    A tragic traffic accident occurred on October 23, 2024, at approximately 12:15 pm, in the parking lot of the Staples Store, located at 1844 Ridge Pike, resu...
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Image for Seeking Help for Burglary Investigation
Incident
Sep 20, 2024
The Upper Providence Township Police Department is currently investigating a daytime distraction burglary that occurred on 9/19/2024 around 2:15 PM on Elmar Circle in the Royersford section of the township.  The suspects lured the homeowner to her backyard and pretended t...
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Image for Attempted Thefts from Vehicles
Incident
Apr 25, 2024
As a reminder, please lock your vehicle doors.  Today, a resident from the Phoenixville section of the Township provided this ring doorbell video from April 17, 2024.  If you have any information regarding the attempted thefts, please contact us at 610...
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Image for Vandalism at Khair Mosque
Incident
Nov 3, 2023
The Upper Providence Police Department is currently investigating a Vandalism incident that occurred at the Khair Mosque and Community Center located at 1079 Egypt Road Phoenixville, PA 19460. On November 03, 2023, members of the Mosque discovered anti-Muslim writings on the f...
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Image for Apple Watch found at PTC
Incident
Apr 4, 2023
An Apple watch was found at Providence Town Center and turned over to police. If you have information on the owner of the watch, please call the Upper Providence Police Department at 610-933-7899.
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Image for Attempted Robbery of a Vehicle
Incident
Oct 3, 2022
On Friday, September 30, 2022, at approximately 8:56 PM, officers from the Upper Providence Township Police Department were dispatched to the BJ’s Wholesale Club, located at 200 Mill Road in the Oaks section of Upper Providence, for the report of an attempted robbery of a vehi...
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