CrimeMetric

Crime in Pennsylvania

Major crime across Pennsylvania is 16% below the U.S. rate per resident: 31% lower for persons crimes and 13% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.6% from a year earlier. Of the 1 place below, 1 is more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
84
16% below the U.S. rate
down 8.6% in a year
Persons crimes
70
31% below the U.S. rate
down 5.5% in a year
Property crimes
87
13% below the U.S. rate
down 9.2% in a year
Social disorder
87
13% below the U.S. rate
down 6.1% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Pennsylvania, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Pennsylvania
Philadelphia2813.4 times

The largest places in Pennsylvania that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Shoplifting is highest, at 22% above the U.S. rate

Every block group in Pennsylvania, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Murder101
Robbery93
Rape / sexual assault70
Aggravated assault65

Property crimes

Shoplifting122
Motor vehicle theft106
Other larceny77
Theft from vehicle70
Burglary57

Social disorder

Vandalism96
Weapons violations95
Intimidation92
Drugs and alcohol92
Disorderly conduct87
Trespassing87
Simple assault77

How crime varies across Pennsylvania

Share of Pennsylvania residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5061.3%
  • 50–10016.7%
  • 100–20012.8%
  • 200–4006.5%
  • 400+2.7%

32.2% of Pennsylvania residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (35.0%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (24.9%), and 8.0% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources

10,173 block groups and 13,107,647 residents. How the estimates are made