Crime in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Lower Merion at about the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 13% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 11.7% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Lower Merion. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 16.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.6 violent, 15.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Lower Merion is higher than 68% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 61% 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 Lower Merion's 50 census block groups for 64,920 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 Lower Merion.
- 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 Lower Merion
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 45 and 123.
- 0–5040.3%
- 50–10030.2%
- 100–20019.0%
- 200–4007.6%
- 400+2.8%
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Drugs and alcohol and other larceny stand out most, at about 1.6 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weeknights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 11.7% 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.
Lower Merion against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
201 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Lower Merion's, and 124 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Lower Merion's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 3 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Narberth (1 mi), is 40% below Lower Merion's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Lower Merion
Is Lower Merion safe?
Lower Merion's major-crime index is 96, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 68% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 81% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 13% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Lower Merion?
The model expects about 1,067 major crimes a year in Lower Merion, about 16.4 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Lower Merion?
Expected major crimes in Lower Merion are down 11.7% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Lower Merion?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 507 a year), theft from vehicle (about 197 a year) and shoplifting (about 176 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Lower Merion?
The model expects about 197 thefts from vehicles a year in Lower Merion, 14% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Lower Merion?
The model expects about 106 motor vehicle thefts a year in Lower Merion, about the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Lower Merion safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 104 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 98 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 Lower Merion higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Lower Merion's major-crime index is 96, within 15% of the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Lower Merion compare with Narberth?
Narberth, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 58, 40% below Lower Merion's rate per resident. Lower Merion's is 96.
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. Lower Merion's figures add up its 50 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lower Merion 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: 64,920. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/lower-merion
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