CrimeMetric

Crime in Palmyra, Pennsylvania

Major crime in Palmyra is 28% below the U.S. rate per resident: 67% lower for persons crimes and 19% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
73
28% below the U.S. rate
13% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
33
67% below the U.S. rate
52% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 1.6% in a year
Property crimes
81
19% below the U.S. rate
7% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
120
20% above the U.S. rate
37% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 3.7% 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

Drugs and alcohol and vandalism stand out most, at about 44% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Palmyra 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 Palmyra

Palmyra is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 50; the middle half of residents live where it is between 33 and 64.

Map of Palmyra, 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.
  • 0–5030.0%
  • 50–10056.6%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–40013.5%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm84
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am67
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm70
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am53
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%PA -8.6%-14.9%PA -14.0%
Persons crimes-1.6%PA -5.5%-3.6%PA -6.0%
Property crimes-8.7%PA -9.2%-15.9%PA -15.4%
Social disorder-3.7%PA -6.1%-8.6%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

Palmyra against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

912 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Palmyra; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Capitola, CA7,766150
Palmyra, PA7,77373
McCook, NE7,78040
Eudora, KS7,77126
Pelham, NY7,76723

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

Nearby places

Palmyra has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Hummelstown (7 mi), is 23% below Palmyra's rate.

Paxtonia10 mi284
Lawnton11 mi117
Lebanon9 mi112
Palmyra73
Middletown10 mi54

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

Questions about crime in Palmyra

What are the most common crimes in Palmyra?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 41 a year), shoplifting (about 28 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 44% above 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. Palmyra's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Palmyra 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: 7,773. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Palmyra, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/palmyra

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100