Crime in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Somerset Township at 78% below the U.S. rate per resident: 80% lower for persons crimes and 77% 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 Somerset 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 3.8 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.6 violent, 3.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Somerset Township is lower than 88% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 94% 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 Somerset Township's 8 census block groups for 11,802 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 Somerset 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 Somerset Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 9 and 28.
- 0–5087.5%
- 50–10012.5%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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No crime type in Somerset Township is more than 15% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
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.
Somerset Township against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,324 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Somerset Township's, and 124 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Somerset Township's major-crime index is higher than 1 and lower than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Somerset (1 mi), is 3.7 times Somerset Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Somerset Township
Is Somerset Township safe?
Somerset Township's major-crime index is 22, 78% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 88% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 80% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 77% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Somerset Township?
The model expects about 45 major crimes a year in Somerset Township, about 3.8 per 1,000 residents, 78% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Somerset Township?
Expected major crimes in Somerset Township are down 7.4% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Somerset Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 16 a year), shoplifting (about 11 a year) and burglary (about 6 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Somerset Township?
The model expects about 2 thefts from vehicles a year in Somerset Township, 93% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Somerset Township?
The model expects about 3 motor vehicle thefts a year in Somerset Township, 87% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Somerset Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 21 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 24 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 Somerset Township higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Somerset Township's major-crime index is 22, 73% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Somerset Township compare with Somerset?
Somerset, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 84, 3.7 times Somerset Township's rate per resident. Somerset Township's is 22.
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. Somerset Township's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Somerset 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: 11,802. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Somerset Township, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/somerset-township
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