Crime in Lawnton, Pennsylvania
Major crime in Lawnton is 17% above the U.S. rate per resident: 40% lower for persons crimes and 29% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.1% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.5 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Lawnton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Lawnton
Lawnton is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 122; the middle half of residents live where it is between 88 and 151.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10039.1%
- 100–20060.9%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 11.1% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
Change in expected crimes, with Pennsylvania as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Lawnton against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
305 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Lawnton; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Lawnton has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Colonial Park (2 mi), is 17% below Lawnton's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Lawnton
What are the most common crimes in Lawnton?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 29 a year), other larceny (about 16 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.5 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Lawnton's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lawnton's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 39.1% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- 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: 3,616. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lawnton, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/lawnton
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Colonial Park2 mi97
- Progress3 mi25
- Penbrook3 mi80
- Steelton3 mi132
- Paxtonia4 mi284
- Harrisburg4 mi140
- Hummelstown5 mi56
- New Cumberland5 mi41