Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, among Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, Plymouth Township, Montgomery County had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (6,221.6), followed by Philadelphia (5,503.53), Cheltenham Township (5,144.39), McKeesport (4,312.77), and Pottstown (3,897.27).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total crime rate in 2024, and the table below shows the ranking of Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Total crime rate per 100K.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Total crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 6221.60 |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 5503.53 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Township | 5144.39 |
| 4 | McKeesport | 4312.77 |
| 5 | Pottstown | 3897.27 |
| 6 | Upper Merion Township | 3881.02 |
| 7 | Darby | 3466.84 |
| 8 | Johnstown | 3245.53 |
| 9 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 3180.68 |
| 10 | West Manchester Township | 3055.86 |
| 11 | Wilkinsburg | 3048.51 |
| 12 | Upper Darby Township | 3047.20 |
| 13 | West Mifflin | 3036.62 |
| 14 | Bensalem Township | 2985.22 |
| 15 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 2980.19 |
| 16 | Swatara Township | 2925.77 |
| 17 | New Kensington | 2865.11 |
| 18 | Chester | 2825.24 |
| 19 | Harrisburg | 2760.83 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh | 2730.02 |
| 21 | Ross Township | 2662.43 |
| 22 | Hanover | 2636.01 |
| 23 | Rostraver Township | 2632.73 |
| 24 | Whitehall Township | 2564.46 |
| 25 | Monroeville | 2551.08 |
| 26 | Coatesville | 2459.26 |
| 27 | Norristown | 2432.61 |
| 28 | York | 2416.86 |
| 29 | Pocono Township | 2402.46 |
| 30 | Stroud Area Regional | 2350.57 |
| 31 | Columbia | 2345.62 |
| 32 | Erie | 2326.29 |
| 33 | East Norriton Township | 2254.08 |
| 34 | Chambersburg | 2235.54 |
| 35 | Upper Moreland Township | 2232.90 |
| 36 | Altoona | 2208.66 |
| 37 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 2199.25 |
| 38 | Colonial Regional | 2198.56 |
| 39 | Sharon | 2132.35 |
| 40 | Butler | 2112.08 |
| 41 | Yeadon | 2102.44 |
| 42 | Springettsbury Township | 2086.65 |
| 43 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 2005.42 |
| 44 | Center Township | 2004.07 |
| 45 | Wilkes-Barre | 1999.82 |
| 46 | Meadville | 1935.15 |
| 47 | Lower Merion Township | 1869.65 |
| 48 | Wyomissing | 1866.98 |
| 49 | North Fayette Township | 1861.37 |
| 50 | Allentown | 1849.94 |
| 51 | East Lampeter Township | 1829.80 |
| 52 | West Norriton Township | 1820.75 |
| 53 | Reading | 1784.04 |
| 54 | Lansdowne | 1752.33 |
| 55 | Nanticoke | 1752.07 |
| 56 | Bristol Township | 1751.45 |
| 57 | Pottsville | 1684.01 |
| 58 | Muhlenberg Township | 1668.77 |
| 59 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 1654.12 |
| 60 | Scranton | 1643.70 |
| 61 | Clearfield Regional | 1638.34 |
| 62 | Montgomery Township | 1634.13 |
| 63 | Kingston | 1601.91 |
| 64 | Butler Township, Butler County | 1594.53 |
| 65 | Upper Chichester Township | 1594.32 |
| 66 | Lower Allen Township | 1592.65 |
| 67 | Bethlehem | 1583.45 |
| 68 | Caln Township | 1549.11 |
| 69 | Munhall | 1491.96 |
| 70 | West Chester | 1469.71 |
| 71 | Penn Hills | 1443.77 |
| 72 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 1411.67 |
| 73 | Hermitage | 1404.88 |
| 74 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 1404.08 |
| 75 | Bloomsburg Town | 1403.14 |
| 76 | Logan Township | 1396.58 |
| 77 | Easton | 1390.37 |
| 78 | Palmer Township | 1364.67 |
| 79 | West Whiteland Township | 1345.42 |
| 80 | Mechanicsburg | 1345.07 |
| 81 | West Goshen Township | 1343.72 |
| 82 | Beaver Falls | 1325.24 |
| 83 | Carlisle | 1322.16 |
| 84 | Spring Garden Township | 1318.78 |
| 85 | Penn Township, York County | 1297.93 |
| 86 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 1297.03 |
| 87 | Lebanon | 1276.63 |
| 88 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 1266.23 |
| 89 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 1260.72 |
| 90 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 1252.19 |
| 91 | Patton Township | 1240.01 |
| 92 | Bethlehem Township | 1230.56 |
| 93 | Upper St. Clair Township | 1225.55 |
| 94 | Spring Township, Berks County | 1210.27 |
| 95 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 1183.24 |
| 96 | Lower Southampton Township | 1177.97 |
| 97 | Waynesboro | 1155.44 |
| 98 | Silver Spring Township | 1153.58 |
| 99 | New Castle | 1138.72 |
| 100 | Berwick | 1122.72 |
| 101 | Newberry Township | 1104.01 |
| 102 | Lansdale | 1103.70 |
| 103 | Central Berks Regional | 1090.57 |
| 104 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 1075.08 |
| 105 | Marple Township | 1068.87 |
| 106 | Haverford Township | 1048.59 |
| 107 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 1043.23 |
| 108 | Butler Township, Luzerne County | 951.44 |
| 109 | Emmaus | 946.81 |
| 110 | Ephrata | 937.96 |
| 111 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 934.25 |
| 112 | Ridley Township | 933.63 |
| 113 | State College | 920.46 |
| 114 | Greensburg | 910.09 |
| 115 | East Hempfield Township | 884.47 |
| 116 | Hatfield Township | 884.27 |
| 117 | Sandy Township | 882.81 |
| 118 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 876.84 |
| 119 | Central Bucks Regional | 871.85 |
| 120 | Lower Moreland Township | 870.86 |
| 121 | Slate Belt Regional | 869.25 |
| 122 | Horsham Township | 865.48 |
| 123 | North Huntingdon Township | 856.40 |
| 124 | Indiana | 855.47 |
| 125 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 845.85 |
| 126 | East Whiteland Township | 837.48 |
| 126 | Warminster Township | 837.48 |
| 127 | Upper Dublin Township | 825.36 |
| 128 | Fairview Township, York County | 811.18 |
| 129 | Mifflin County Regional | 810.38 |
| 130 | McCandless | 804.23 |
| 131 | New Holland | 798.57 |
| 132 | Southern Regional York County | 798.48 |
| 133 | Eastern Berks Regional | 790.55 |
| 134 | Manheim Township | 769.10 |
| 135 | Warrington Township | 766.46 |
| 136 | Lower Saucon Township | 763.43 |
| 137 | Hilltown Township | 755.75 |
| 138 | Whitemarsh Township | 751.39 |
| 139 | Aston Township | 748.57 |
| 140 | St. Marys City | 740.26 |
| 141 | Elizabethtown | 734.81 |
| 142 | Hazleton | 728.08 |
| 143 | Uwchlan Township | 727.77 |
| 144 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 727.51 |
| 145 | Cranberry Township | 712.04 |
| 146 | York County Regional | 693.51 |
| 147 | Bethel Park | 689.89 |
| 148 | Mount Lebanon | 684.36 |
| 149 | Whitpain Township | 674.78 |
| 150 | Moon Township | 674.52 |
| 151 | West Hempfield Township | 674.00 |
| 152 | East Pennsboro Township | 663.03 |
| 153 | Salisbury Township | 656.97 |
| 154 | Wyoming Area Regional | 653.41 |
| 155 | Elizabeth Township | 652.52 |
| 156 | Northern Berks Regional | 642.43 |
| 157 | Towamencin Township | 624.83 |
| 158 | Beaver Valley Regional | 616.12 |
| 159 | Whitehall | 614.85 |
| 160 | Doylestown Township | 611.11 |
| 161 | Shaler Township | 608.19 |
| 162 | Lower Makefield Township | 604.79 |
| 163 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 602.10 |
| 164 | Monongahela | 599.64 |
| 165 | Pennridge Regional | 587.66 |
| 166 | Forks Township | 585.47 |
| 167 | Radnor Township | 583.93 |
| 168 | Lower Providence Township | 573.63 |
| 169 | South Abington Township | 572.66 |
| 170 | Nether Providence Township | 567.51 |
| 171 | West Lampeter Township | 565.82 |
| 172 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 553.79 |
| 173 | Upper Macungie Township | 551.45 |
| 174 | Plumstead Township | 548.95 |
| 175 | New Britain Township | 538.34 |
| 176 | Phoenixville | 526.68 |
| 177 | Upper Saucon Township | 526.20 |
| 178 | North Middleton Township | 525.49 |
| 179 | Ferguson Township | 522.46 |
| 180 | Hopewell Township | 520.83 |
| 181 | East Cocalico Township | 507.61 |
| 182 | Easttown Township | 505.60 |
| 183 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 503.22 |
| 184 | West Manheim Township | 483.50 |
| 185 | Northern York County Regional | 476.34 |
| 186 | Baldwin Borough | 469.23 |
| 187 | Middletown Township | 465.77 |
| 188 | South Park Township | 454.88 |
| 189 | West Brandywine Township | 450.83 |
| 190 | Peters Township | 440.79 |
| 191 | Amity Township | 431.93 |
| 192 | West Deer Township | 431.11 |
| 193 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 430.20 |
| 194 | South Heidelberg Township | 427.91 |
| 195 | Buckingham Township | 424.38 |
| 196 | Upper Allen Township | 416.00 |
| 197 | Franconia Township | 407.77 |
| 198 | Carbondale | 405.10 |
| 199 | Northampton | 393.70 |
| 200 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 387.68 |
| 201 | New Hanover Township | 387.03 |
| 202 | Upper Southampton Township | 385.20 |
| 203 | Hellam Township | 383.77 |
| 204 | Lower Salford Township | 381.42 |
| 205 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 371.50 |
| 206 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 371.46 |
| 207 | Hampton Township | 360.14 |
| 208 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 348.92 |
| 209 | Northern Regional | 345.02 |
| 210 | Willistown Township | 333.92 |
| 211 | Lower Burrell | 330.38 |
| 212 | Buffalo Valley Regional | 329.28 |
| 213 | North Strabane Township | 327.93 |
| 214 | South Fayette Township | 324.82 |
| 215 | Northampton Township | 318.46 |
| 216 | West Earl Township | 310.83 |
| 217 | Franklin Park | 289.15 |
| 218 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 271.56 |
| 219 | Southern Chester County Regional | 270.78 |
| 220 | Hampden Township | 264.22 |
| 221 | Murrysville | 261.20 |
| 222 | Cecil Township | 243.33 |
| 223 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 230.15 |
| 224 | Plum | 214.19 |
| 225 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 173.75 |
| 226 | South Lebanon Township | 160.41 |
| 227 | Upper Providence Township, Delaware County | 157.96 |
| 228 | East Brandywine Township | 153.70 |
| 229 | Adams Township, Butler County | 44.13 |
| 230 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 43.39 |