Crime in Silver Spring, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Silver Spring at 43% below the U.S. rate per resident: 85% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Silver Spring. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 9.8 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 9.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Silver Spring is lower than 43% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 52% 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 Silver Spring's 9 census block groups for 21,936 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 Silver Spring.
- 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 Silver Spring
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 18 and 64.
- 0–5069.9%
- 50–1009.1%
- 100–20021.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.4% 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.
Silver Spring against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,279 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Silver Spring's, and 366 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Silver Spring's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 1 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Mechanicsburg (3 mi), is within 15% of Silver Spring's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Silver Spring
Is Silver Spring safe?
Silver Spring's major-crime index is 57, 43% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 43% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 85% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 34% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Silver Spring?
The model expects about 215 major crimes a year in Silver Spring, about 9.8 per 1,000 residents, 43% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Silver Spring?
Expected major crimes in Silver Spring are down 7.4% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Silver Spring?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 139 a year), other larceny (about 42 a year) and burglary (about 10 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Silver Spring?
The model expects about 8 thefts from vehicles a year in Silver Spring, 86% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Silver Spring?
The model expects about 6 motor vehicle thefts a year in Silver Spring, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Silver Spring safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 28 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 82 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 Silver Spring higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Silver Spring's major-crime index is 57, 32% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Silver Spring compare with Mechanicsburg?
Mechanicsburg, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 60, within 15% of Silver Spring's rate per resident. Silver Spring's is 57.
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. Silver Spring's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Silver Spring 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: 21,936. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Silver Spring, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/silver-spring
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