Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
Updated on February 8, 2024.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, among Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, Harrisburg had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (6,377.51), followed by New Castle (6,207.64), Chester (5,692.34), Lancaster (5,627.13), and Darby (5,499.02).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total crime rate in 2012, 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrisburg | 6377.51 |
| 2 | New Castle | 6207.64 |
| 3 | Chester | 5692.34 |
| 4 | Lancaster | 5627.13 |
| 5 | Darby | 5499.02 |
| 6 | Whitehall Township | 5166.04 |
| 7 | Washington, Washington County | 5162.98 |
| 8 | Wyomissing | 5154.35 |
| 9 | Butler | 5081.93 |
| 10 | Pottstown | 5038.59 |
| 11 | Reading | 5032.92 |
| 12 | York | 5016.49 |
| 13 | Berwick | 4952.29 |
| 14 | Sharon | 4947.81 |
| 15 | Uniontown | 4917.40 |
| 16 | Upper Merion Township | 4868.42 |
| 17 | Philadelphia | 4863.68 |
| 18 | Stroud Area Regional | 4693.03 |
| 19 | Williamsport | 4614.29 |
| 20 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 4489.51 |
| 21 | Allentown | 4413.66 |
| 22 | East Lampeter Township | 4382.69 |
| 23 | Chambersburg | 4335.71 |
| 24 | Johnstown | 4275.49 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh | 4256.81 |
| 26 | Hanover | 4241.20 |
| 27 | Coatesville | 4215.46 |
| 28 | New Kensington | 4049.73 |
| 29 | South Whitehall Township | 3990.93 |
| 30 | Muhlenberg Township | 3950.04 |
| 31 | West Manchester Township | 3942.94 |
| 32 | Erie | 3917.74 |
| 33 | Springettsbury Township | 3876.72 |
| 34 | Norristown | 3845.71 |
| 35 | McKeesport | 3837.43 |
| 36 | Nanticoke | 3809.80 |
| 37 | Bensalem Township | 3789.67 |
| 38 | Scranton | 3720.54 |
| 39 | Swatara Township | 3707.81 |
| 40 | Rostraver Township | 3680.23 |
| 41 | Middletown Township | 3599.77 |
| 42 | Sandy Township | 3584.91 |
| 43 | Hermitage | 3539.82 |
| 44 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 3525.31 |
| 45 | Carlisle | 3460.19 |
| 46 | Spring Garden Township | 3418.07 |
| 47 | Wilkes-Barre | 3414.24 |
| 48 | Bristol Township | 3370.68 |
| 49 | West Chester | 3350.80 |
| 50 | Lebanon | 3117.45 |
| 51 | Upper Chichester Township | 3106.00 |
| 52 | Caln Township | 3080.89 |
| 53 | Easton | 3054.85 |
| 54 | Indiana | 3045.62 |
| 55 | Colonial Regional | 3040.56 |
| 56 | Columbia | 3018.76 |
| 57 | Upper Darby Township | 3012.85 |
| 58 | Logan Township | 2912.78 |
| 59 | Yeadon | 2912.45 |
| 60 | Bethlehem | 2906.30 |
| 61 | Meadville | 2896.32 |
| 62 | Phoenixville | 2883.46 |
| 63 | Hazleton | 2855.12 |
| 64 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 2851.96 |
| 65 | Kingston | 2842.85 |
| 66 | Cheltenham Township | 2838.10 |
| 67 | Lancaster Township, Lancaster County | 2760.40 |
| 68 | Falls Township, Bucks County | 2758.90 |
| 69 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 2737.78 |
| 70 | Munhall | 2672.72 |
| 71 | West Whiteland Township | 2664.65 |
| 72 | Limerick Township | 2591.55 |
| 73 | Southwest Mercer County Regional | 2591.46 |
| 74 | Greensburg | 2579.09 |
| 75 | North Lebanon Township | 2553.86 |
| 76 | Coal Township | 2537.49 |
| 77 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 2526.54 |
| 78 | Pocono Township | 2509.48 |
| 79 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 2507.89 |
| 80 | West Norriton Township | 2477.19 |
| 81 | Ross Township | 2456.60 |
| 82 | Lower Paxton Township | 2450.71 |
| 83 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 2448.75 |
| 84 | North Versailles Township | 2434.51 |
| 85 | East Norriton Township | 2431.90 |
| 86 | West Mifflin | 2378.73 |
| 87 | Manheim Township | 2371.00 |
| 88 | Emmaus | 2363.52 |
| 89 | Lansdowne | 2358.14 |
| 90 | Ephrata | 2343.46 |
| 91 | Altoona | 2336.01 |
| 92 | East Hempfield Township | 2332.14 |
| 93 | Oil City | 2329.78 |
| 94 | Penn Hills | 2315.95 |
| 95 | Lower Southampton Township | 2296.67 |
| 96 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 2279.51 |
| 97 | Waynesboro | 2258.67 |
| 98 | Newberry Township | 2257.94 |
| 99 | Butler Township, Butler County | 2256.89 |
| 100 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 2180.11 |
| 101 | Pottsville | 2165.08 |
| 102 | Cumru Township | 2158.04 |
| 103 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 2133.73 |
| 104 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 2113.86 |
| 105 | Salisbury Township | 2094.16 |
| 106 | Upper Moreland Township | 2053.80 |
| 107 | Lansdale | 1976.45 |
| 108 | West Goshen Township | 1914.37 |
| 109 | Bloomsburg Town | 1896.27 |
| 110 | Hilltown Township | 1895.67 |
| 111 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 1894.53 |
| 112 | Lower Merion Township | 1855.73 |
| 113 | Northern York Regional | 1845.49 |
| 114 | North Fayette Township | 1844.44 |
| 115 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 1834.75 |
| 116 | Penn Township, York County | 1822.00 |
| 117 | Palmer Township | 1820.20 |
| 118 | Ridley Township | 1809.52 |
| 119 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 1801.41 |
| 120 | Montgomery Township | 1741.32 |
| 121 | Hopewell Township | 1730.98 |
| 122 | Monroeville | 1730.37 |
| 123 | Aston Township | 1713.87 |
| 124 | Silver Spring Township | 1691.23 |
| 125 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 1685.07 |
| 126 | Elizabethtown | 1674.25 |
| 127 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 1669.63 |
| 128 | Fairview Township, York County | 1664.58 |
| 129 | Nether Providence Towship | 1616.19 |
| 130 | West Hempfield Township | 1612.21 |
| 131 | Lower Burrell | 1598.91 |
| 132 | Doylestown Township | 1593.87 |
| 133 | North Huntingdon Township | 1585.02 |
| 134 | Marple Township | 1584.40 |
| 135 | Warminster Township | 1560.50 |
| 136 | Lower Allen Township | 1558.56 |
| 137 | Northeastern Regional | 1532.43 |
| 138 | Southern Regional York County | 1511.88 |
| 139 | Mifflin County Regional | 1492.82 |
| 140 | State College | 1492.46 |
| 141 | Bethlehem Township | 1490.53 |
| 142 | New Garden Township | 1486.50 |
| 143 | East Pennsboro Township | 1466.63 |
| 144 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 1457.64 |
| 145 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 1450.26 |
| 146 | Whitpain Township | 1409.04 |
| 147 | Willistown Township | 1404.87 |
| 148 | Lower Providence Township | 1397.35 |
| 149 | Whitemarsh Township | 1384.36 |
| 150 | Cranberry Township | 1381.77 |
| 151 | East Whiteland Township | 1375.98 |
| 152 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 1368.34 |
| 153 | Hatfield Township | 1362.39 |
| 154 | Lower Makefield Township | 1361.44 |
| 155 | Radnor Township | 1354.52 |
| 156 | Uwchlan Township | 1345.66 |
| 157 | Lower Moreland Township | 1322.43 |
| 158 | Shaler Township | 1319.94 |
| 159 | Pennridge Regional | 1308.38 |
| 160 | Spring Township, Berks County | 1304.57 |
| 161 | North Middleton Township | 1298.59 |
| 162 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 1298.37 |
| 163 | Upper Dublin Township | 1272.99 |
| 164 | Moon Township | 1260.71 |
| 165 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 1258.27 |
| 166 | Upper Saucon Township | 1247.02 |
| 167 | Haverford Township | 1242.82 |
| 168 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 1241.08 |
| 169 | Plumstead Township | 1232.79 |
| 170 | Easttown Township | 1227.92 |
| 171 | West Lampeter Township | 1211.17 |
| 172 | Northern Berks Regional | 1209.36 |
| 173 | Berks-Lehigh Regional | 1208.10 |
| 174 | East Cocalico Township | 1191.05 |
| 175 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 1184.25 |
| 176 | York Area Regional | 1172.36 |
| 177 | Horsham Township | 1165.31 |
| 178 | Patton Township | 1144.71 |
| 179 | Upper Southampton Township | 1130.76 |
| 180 | Hampden Township | 1121.94 |
| 181 | Bethel Park | 1113.06 |
| 182 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 1102.24 |
| 183 | Warrington Township | 1093.20 |
| 184 | Southwest Regional | 1088.68 |
| 185 | North Strabane Township | 1084.70 |
| 186 | Plum | 1076.14 |
| 187 | Towamencin Township | 1010.44 |
| 188 | Northern Regional | 1000.16 |
| 189 | West Deer Township | 990.18 |
| 190 | Amity Township | 990.10 |
| 191 | Lower Saucon Township | 980.39 |
| 192 | Buffalo Valley Region | 972.78 |
| 193 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 972.36 |
| 194 | Tredyffrin Township | 971.56 |
| 195 | Upper Allen Township | 970.51 |
| 196 | McCandless | 969.85 |
| 197 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 956.13 |
| 198 | Elizabeth Township | 953.31 |
| 199 | Franconia Township | 934.51 |
| 200 | Baldwin Borough | 917.29 |
| 201 | Hampton Township | 916.88 |
| 202 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 900.73 |
| 203 | New Britain Township | 872.85 |
| 204 | West Hills Regional | 839.56 |
| 205 | Northampton Township | 827.42 |
| 206 | Forks Township | 812.18 |
| 207 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 810.86 |
| 208 | Ferguson Township | 810.67 |
| 209 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 724.49 |
| 210 | Buckingham Township | 704.58 |
| 211 | South Fayette Township | 698.00 |
| 212 | Peters Township | 690.27 |
| 213 | Eastern Adams Regional | 690.23 |
| 214 | Southwestern Regional | 680.85 |
| 215 | New Hanover Township | 680.33 |
| 216 | Mount Lebanon | 670.48 |
| 217 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 631.78 |
| 218 | Upper Providence Town, Delaware County | 629.67 |
| 219 | Upper St. Clair Township | 564.77 |
| 220 | Whitehall | 521.58 |
| 221 | Murrysville | 508.17 |
| 222 | Lower Salford Township | 497.58 |
| 223 | Adams Township, Butler County | 460.16 |
| 224 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 450.02 |
| 225 | Franklin Park | 428.96 |
| 226 | South Park Township | 401.01 |
| 227 | Cecil Township | 203.27 |