Crime in Plains Township, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Plains Township at about the U.S. rate per resident: 49% lower for persons crimes and 16% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Plains Township. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 17.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.6 violent, 16.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Plains Township is higher than 72% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 65% 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 Plains Township's 8 census block groups for 10,071 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 Plains Township.
- 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 Plains Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 45 and 157.
- 0–5027.0%
- 50–10011.7%
- 100–20061.3%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.9 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 7.5% 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.
Plains Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
487 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Plains Township's, and 353 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Plains Township's major-crime index is higher than 5 and within 15% of 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Plains (1 mi), is within 15% of Plains Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Plains Township
Is Plains Township safe?
Plains Township's major-crime index is 104, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 72% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 49% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 16% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Plains Township?
The model expects about 180 major crimes a year in Plains Township, about 17.9 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Plains Township?
Expected major crimes in Plains Township are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Plains Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 60 a year), other larceny (about 60 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 18 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Plains Township?
The model expects about 18 thefts from vehicles a year in Plains Township, 31% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Plains Township?
The model expects about 14 motor vehicle thefts a year in Plains Township, 14% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Plains Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 116 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 105 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 Plains Township higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Plains Township's major-crime index is 104, 25% above the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Plains Township compare with Plains?
Plains, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 110, within 15% of Plains Township's rate per resident. Plains Township's is 104.
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. Plains Township's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Plains Township 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: 10,071. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Plains Township, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/plains-township
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