CrimeMetric

Crime in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Major crime in Mahanoy City is 16% above the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 21% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
116
16% above the U.S. rate
39% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
97
about the U.S. rate
39% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 4.5% in a year
Property crimes
121
21% above the U.S. rate
39% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 9.0% in a year
Social disorder
161
1.6 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Pennsylvania rate
down 6.3% in a year

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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Crime by type

Burglary stands out most, at 3.0 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Mahanoy City for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Mahanoy City

Mahanoy City is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 84; the middle half of residents live where it is between 81 and 186.

Map of Mahanoy City, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10052.0%
  • 100–20048.0%
  • 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.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm106
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am127
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm119
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am121
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%PA -8.6%-17.4%PA -14.0%
Persons crimes-4.5%PA -5.5%-2.5%PA -6.0%
Property crimes-9.0%PA -9.2%-20.0%PA -15.4%
Social disorder-6.3%PA -6.1%-7.6%PA -8.5%

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.

Similar-size places

Mahanoy City against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

307 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Mahanoy City; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Mahanoy City, PA3,543116
Denair, CA3,54150
Etowah, TN3,54442
Arcola, IL3,54333

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Mahanoy City has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Shenandoah (3 mi), is 20% below Mahanoy City's rate.

Mahanoy City116
Pottsville10 mi63
Tamaqua9 mi44
St. Clair7 mi35
Ashland11 mi31

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Mahanoy City

What are the most common crimes in Mahanoy City?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 19 a year), burglary (about 17 a year) and shoplifting (about 17 a year). Compared with the U.S., burglary stands out most: 3.0 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. Mahanoy City's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Mahanoy City has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 3,543. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/mahanoy-city

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100