Crime in Forks, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Forks at 68% below the U.S. rate per resident: 88% lower for persons crimes and 63% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Forks. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 5.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.4 violent, 5.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Forks is lower than 72% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 81% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Forks's 9 census block groups for 17,055 residents. How Pennsylvania residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 32.2%, summary counts only for 35.0%, estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 24.9% and no reporting agency of their own for 8.0% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Forks.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Forks
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 13 and 30.
- 0–5085.0%
- 50–10011.1%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4003.9%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Forks is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
About the same at every time of week
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 9.3% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Pennsylvania in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Forks against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,025 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Forks's, and 221 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Forks's major-crime index is higher than 1, lower than 6 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Chestnut Hill (1 mi), is 38% below Forks's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Forks
Is Forks safe?
Forks's major-crime index is 32, 68% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 72% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 88% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 63% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Forks?
The model expects about 95 major crimes a year in Forks, about 5.6 per 1,000 residents, 68% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Forks?
Expected major crimes in Forks are down 9.3% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Forks?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 35 a year), other larceny (about 34 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 11 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Forks?
The model expects about 11 thefts from vehicles a year in Forks, 75% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Forks?
The model expects about 4 motor vehicle thefts a year in Forks, 84% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Forks safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 35 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 33 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Forks higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Forks's major-crime index is 32, 61% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Forks compare with Chestnut Hill?
Chestnut Hill, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 20, 38% below Forks's rate per resident. Forks's is 32.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Forks's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Forks has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 17,055. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Forks, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/forks
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