Crime in West Reading, Pennsylvania
Major crime in West Reading is 1.5 times the U.S. rate per resident: 48% higher for persons crimes and 1.5 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% 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 2.9 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in West Reading 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
Neighborhoods in West Reading
West Reading is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 56; the middle half of residents live where it is between 53 and 317.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10053.4%
- 100–20011.1%
- 200–40035.5%
- 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 8.7% 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 Reading against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
168 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than West Reading; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
West Reading has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Wyomissing (1 mi), is 23% below West Reading's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in West Reading
What are the most common crimes in West Reading?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 42 a year), other larceny (about 35 a year) and aggravated assault (about 18 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.9 times 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 Reading's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West Reading 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: 4,617. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West Reading, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/west-reading
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Wyomissing1 mi118
- Reading1 mi115
- Shillington2 mi53
- Mount Penn3 mi194
- Mohnton4 mi37
- Sinking Spring4 mi42
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