Crime in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Major crime in West Chester is 21% below the U.S. rate per resident: 29% 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
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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Shoplifting stands out most, at 35% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in West Chester for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across West Chester
The middle half of West Chester residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 31 and 128; the typical (median) resident's is 91.
- 0–5038.4%
- 50–10029.6%
- 100–20032.0%
- 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.
Highest on weeknights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
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.
West Chester against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
970 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than West Chester; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
West Chester 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, Exton (5 mi), is 2.3 times West Chester's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in West Chester
What are the most common crimes in West Chester?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 89 a year), other larceny (about 84 a year) and aggravated assault (about 32 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 35% 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. West Chester's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West Chester has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 14.5% 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: 20,677. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West Chester, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/west-chester
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Exton5 mi182
- Downingtown6 mi111
- Lionville7 mi22
- Malvern7 mi21
- Thorndale8 mi146
- Paoli8 mi33
- Kennett Square10 mi38
- Berwyn10 mi55