Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, among Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, McKeesport had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,693.72), followed by Philadelphia (908.69), Darby (831.29), Chester (830.78), and Harrisburg (762.23).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2024, and the table below shows the ranking of Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent 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 | McKeesport | 1693.72 |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 908.69 |
| 3 | Darby | 831.29 |
| 4 | Chester | 830.78 |
| 5 | Harrisburg | 762.23 |
| 6 | Pottstown | 737.44 |
| 7 | Sharon | 653.08 |
| 8 | Coatesville | 618.59 |
| 9 | Johnstown | 586.48 |
| 10 | Wilkinsburg | 586.25 |
| 11 | York | 530.15 |
| 12 | Butler | 501.04 |
| 13 | Chambersburg | 464.99 |
| 14 | New Kensington | 456.39 |
| 15 | Norristown | 450.17 |
| 16 | Wilkes-Barre | 431.60 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh | 427.21 |
| 18 | Meadville | 403.16 |
| 19 | West Mifflin | 379.58 |
| 20 | Erie | 375.63 |
| 21 | Penn Hills | 369.87 |
| 22 | Reading | 337.19 |
| 23 | Altoona | 334.72 |
| 24 | Monongahela | 330.23 |
| 25 | Pottsville | 329.32 |
| 26 | Bloomsburg Town | 324.38 |
| 27 | Columbia | 296.79 |
| 28 | West Goshen Township | 288.84 |
| 29 | Scranton | 281.44 |
| 30 | Caln Township | 276.86 |
| 31 | Allentown | 272.07 |
| 32 | Penn Township, York County | 271.53 |
| 33 | Greensburg | 268.89 |
| 34 | Nanticoke | 263.75 |
| 35 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 251.43 |
| 36 | Hazleton | 232.72 |
| 37 | Yeadon | 219.17 |
| 38 | West Chester | 214.96 |
| 39 | Upper Darby Township | 213.78 |
| 40 | Whitehall Township | 213.13 |
| 41 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 212.52 |
| 42 | Beaver Valley Regional | 208.69 |
| 43 | Bethlehem | 205.82 |
| 44 | Cheltenham Township | 200.93 |
| 45 | Beaver Falls | 196.65 |
| 46 | Easton | 196.25 |
| 47 | Slate Belt Regional | 191.53 |
| 48 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 189.89 |
| 49 | York County Regional | 178.29 |
| 50 | Clearfield Regional | 176.08 |
| 51 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 172.34 |
| 52 | Mifflin County Regional | 170.30 |
| 53 | Carlisle | 168.51 |
| 54 | Upper Chichester Township | 167.19 |
| 55 | Fairview Township, York County | 157.73 |
| 56 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 157.08 |
| 57 | Stroud Area Regional | 155.14 |
| 58 | Swatara Township | 153.09 |
| 59 | State College | 152.83 |
| 60 | Lebanon | 152.43 |
| 61 | Bristol Township | 150.60 |
| 62 | Peters Township | 149.78 |
| 63 | Pocono Township | 148.99 |
| 64 | Baldwin Borough | 141.75 |
| 65 | Kingston | 140.52 |
| 66 | Lansdowne | 135.49 |
| 67 | Waynesboro | 135.40 |
| 68 | South Abington Township | 135.21 |
| 69 | Spring Garden Township | 131.88 |
| 70 | Springettsbury Township | 130.42 |
| 71 | Elizabeth Township | 129.33 |
| 72 | Wyoming Area Regional | 127.36 |
| 73 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 124.94 |
| 74 | Upper Merion Township | 123.60 |
| 75 | Monroeville | 122.51 |
| 76 | St. Marys City | 122.02 |
| 77 | Butler Township, Butler County | 119.89 |
| 78 | Newberry Township | 117.84 |
| 79 | Buffalo Valley Regional | 117.60 |
| 80 | Munhall | 117.02 |
| 81 | West Norriton Township | 116.87 |
| 82 | East Norriton Township | 114.13 |
| 83 | Center Township | 114.05 |
| 84 | McCandless | 109.35 |
| 85 | Lower Saucon Township | 109.06 |
| 86 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 108.60 |
| 87 | Hanover | 108.33 |
| 88 | West Deer Township | 107.78 |
| 89 | Upper Moreland Township | 107.61 |
| 90 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 102.79 |
| 91 | Carbondale | 101.27 |
| 92 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 100.78 |
| 93 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 100.74 |
| 94 | Hellam Township | 100.51 |
| 95 | Whitehall | 96.72 |
| 96 | Southern Chester County Regional | 96.71 |
| 97 | Salisbury Township | 95.96 |
| 98 | West Whiteland Township | 95.42 |
| 99 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 95.16 |
| 100 | Lansdale | 94.60 |
| 101 | Hermitage | 94.45 |
| 102 | Bensalem Township | 93.89 |
| 103 | East Lampeter Township | 90.18 |
| 104 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 89.73 |
| 105 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 87.94 |
| 106 | Willistown Township | 87.87 |
| 107 | North Fayette Township | 87.74 |
| 108 | Lower Burrell | 86.94 |
| 109 | Sandy Township | 86.55 |
| 110 | North Middleton Township | 86.28 |
| 111 | Lower Moreland Township | 84.96 |
| 112 | New Castle | 84.70 |
| 113 | Phoenixville | 83.68 |
| 114 | Indiana | 83.46 |
| 115 | West Manchester Township | 83.29 |
| 116 | Elizabethtown | 82.56 |
| 117 | Uwchlan Township | 81.43 |
| 118 | Easttown Township | 81.26 |
| 119 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 81.24 |
| 120 | Pennridge Regional | 80.14 |
| 121 | Butler Township, Luzerne County | 79.29 |
| 122 | Upper Allen Township | 78.26 |
| 123 | Lower Allen Township | 78.17 |
| 124 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 77.05 |
| 125 | Moon Township | 75.79 |
| 126 | Northern York County Regional | 74.81 |
| 127 | Manheim Township | 74.53 |
| 128 | Emmaus | 74.10 |
| 129 | Franklin Park | 73.97 |
| 130 | Spring Township, Berks County | 73.67 |
| 131 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 73.44 |
| 132 | Southern Regional York County | 73.26 |
| 133 | Central Berks Regional | 72.22 |
| 134 | Wyomissing | 71.81 |
| 135 | Bethlehem Township | 71.72 |
| 136 | Lower Merion Township | 71.55 |
| 137 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 70.93 |
| 138 | Radnor Township | 70.78 |
| 139 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 69.96 |
| 140 | Montgomery Township | 69.05 |
| 141 | Ferguson Township | 68.61 |
| 142 | Eastern Berks Regional | 68.32 |
| 143 | West Brandywine Township | 68.05 |
| 144 | Hatfield Township | 67.62 |
| 145 | North Strabane Township | 64.41 |
| 146 | Muhlenberg Township | 63.14 |
| 147 | Mount Lebanon | 61.38 |
| 148 | Plum | 61.20 |
| 149 | Hopewell Township | 60.39 |
| 150 | Warminster Township | 60.25 |
| 151 | Upper Southampton Township | 59.77 |
| 152 | Mechanicsburg | 59.34 |
| 153 | Bethel Park | 59.31 |
| 154 | Lower Southampton Township | 58.90 |
| 155 | Ridley Township | 58.76 |
| 156 | Berwick | 58.58 |
| 157 | Central Bucks Regional | 57.70 |
| 158 | Patton Township | 57.53 |
| 159 | Northern Berks Regional | 56.48 |
| 160 | Silver Spring Township | 55.59 |
| 161 | West Hempfield Township | 54.52 |
| 162 | South Fayette Township | 54.14 |
| 163 | Colonial Regional | 53.23 |
| 164 | Ross Township | 53.00 |
| 165 | East Whiteland Township | 52.34 |
| 166 | Amity Township | 52.13 |
| 167 | West Lampeter Township | 51.96 |
| 168 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 51.76 |
| 169 | East Hempfield Township | 51.59 |
| 170 | Shaler Township | 48.51 |
| 171 | East Brandywine Township | 48.03 |
| 172 | East Pennsboro Township | 47.02 |
| 173 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 46.59 |
| 174 | Rostraver Township | 43.73 |
| 175 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 42.77 |
| 176 | Aston Township | 42.26 |
| 177 | Northern Regional | 41.51 |
| 178 | Upper Dublin Township | 40.17 |
| 179 | Palmer Township | 40.14 |
| 180 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 38.45 |
| 181 | North Huntingdon Township | 37.78 |
| 182 | South Park Township | 36.68 |
| 183 | New Hanover Township | 36.51 |
| 184 | Whitemarsh Township | 35.07 |
| 185 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 35.02 |
| 186 | South Heidelberg Township | 34.51 |
| 187 | Hilltown Township | 33.59 |
| 188 | Towamencin Township | 33.47 |
| 189 | New Britain Township | 32.63 |
| 190 | West Earl Township | 31.88 |
| 191 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 30.52 |
| 192 | Lower Makefield Township | 29.94 |
| 193 | Ephrata | 29.40 |
| 194 | Marple Township | 29.11 |
| 195 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 28.95 |
| 196 | Northampton | 28.81 |
| 197 | Upper Providence Township, Delaware County | 27.88 |
| 198 | Doylestown Township | 27.78 |
| 199 | Nether Providence Township | 27.68 |
| 200 | Lower Providence Township | 26.95 |
| 201 | Cecil Township | 26.31 |
| 202 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 26.07 |
| 203 | Horsham Township | 25.67 |
| 204 | Upper St. Clair Township | 24.51 |
| 205 | Murrysville | 24.19 |
| 206 | New Holland | 23.26 |
| 207 | Warrington Township | 22.77 |
| 208 | Hampden Township | 22.49 |
| 209 | Upper Saucon Township | 22.39 |
| 210 | Haverford Township | 21.76 |
| 211 | Plumstead Township | 20.85 |
| 212 | Upper Macungie Township | 20.55 |
| 213 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 20.40 |
| 214 | East Cocalico Township | 20.31 |
| 215 | Northampton Township | 20.06 |
| 216 | Buckingham Township | 19.29 |
| 217 | Lower Salford Township | 18.46 |
| 218 | Forks Township | 18.11 |
| 219 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 16.89 |
| 220 | Middletown Township | 15.38 |
| 221 | Franconia Township | 14.83 |
| 222 | Whitpain Township | 14.67 |
| 223 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 14.46 |
| 224 | Adams Township, Butler County | 12.61 |
| 225 | Cranberry Township | 11.44 |
| 226 | Hampton Township | 11.25 |
| 227 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 0.00 |
| 227 | Logan Township | 0.00 |
| 227 | South Lebanon Township | 0.00 |
| 227 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 0.00 |
| 227 | West Manheim Township | 0.00 |