CrimeMetric

Crime in Towanda, Pennsylvania

Major crime in Towanda is 34% below the U.S. rate per resident: 33% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
66
34% below the U.S. rate
21% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 7.2% in a year
Persons crimes
67
33% below the U.S. rate
about the Pennsylvania rate
down 3.6% in a year
Property crimes
66
34% below the U.S. rate
24% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 8.0% in a year
Social disorder
91
9% below the U.S. rate
about 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 13% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Towanda 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 Towanda

Towanda is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 69; the middle half of residents live where it is between 53 and 82.

Map of Towanda, 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%
  • 50–100100.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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 6pm62
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am71
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm66
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am67
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.2% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.2%PA -8.6%-16.0%PA -14.0%
Persons crimes-3.6%PA -5.5%-3.4%PA -6.0%
Property crimes-8.0%PA -9.2%-18.8%PA -15.4%
Social disorder-6.3%PA -6.1%-10.4%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

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

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

Millen, GA2,75481
Towanda, PA2,74866
Ithaca, MI2,75459
Sesser, IL2,74957

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

Nearby places

Towanda has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Athens (14 mi), is 14% below Towanda's rate.

Elmira, NY29 mi244
Endicott, NY30 mi178
Owego, NY25 mi85
Towanda66
Athens14 mi56
Sayre15 mi35

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

Questions about crime in Towanda

What are the most common crimes in Towanda?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 10 a year), shoplifting (about 9 a year) and aggravated assault (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 13% 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. Towanda's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Towanda 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: 2,748. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100