Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Violent 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, Chester had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,102.86), followed by New Castle (1,536.8), Harrisburg (1,461.22), Indiana (1,372.58), and York (1,335.46).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2012, 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester | 2102.86 |
| 2 | New Castle | 1536.80 |
| 3 | Harrisburg | 1461.22 |
| 4 | Indiana | 1372.58 |
| 5 | York | 1335.46 |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 1160.07 |
| 7 | Coatesville | 951.88 |
| 8 | Reading | 934.99 |
| 9 | Norristown | 916.61 |
| 10 | Darby | 830.92 |
| 11 | Lancaster | 773.00 |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 751.97 |
| 13 | Pottstown | 714.10 |
| 14 | Washington, Washington County | 649.02 |
| 15 | Butler | 628.02 |
| 16 | Upper Darby Township | 623.06 |
| 17 | Sharon | 622.05 |
| 18 | Johnstown | 585.87 |
| 19 | Allentown | 547.20 |
| 20 | Uniontown | 541.01 |
| 21 | North Versailles Township | 525.86 |
| 22 | Yeadon | 505.76 |
| 23 | Swatara Township | 477.33 |
| 24 | Logan Township | 462.48 |
| 25 | New Kensington | 449.97 |
| 26 | Hazleton | 449.56 |
| 27 | Erie | 449.14 |
| 28 | Caln Township | 429.89 |
| 29 | McKeesport | 425.87 |
| 30 | Southwest Mercer County Regional | 419.21 |
| 31 | Easton | 414.22 |
| 32 | Wilkes-Barre | 414.14 |
| 33 | Chambersburg | 400.82 |
| 34 | West Chester | 389.02 |
| 35 | Lebanon | 385.78 |
| 36 | Pottsville | 378.36 |
| 37 | Williamsport | 375.23 |
| 38 | Plum | 367.28 |
| 39 | Altoona | 351.26 |
| 40 | Scranton | 331.07 |
| 41 | Sandy Township | 330.19 |
| 42 | Bethlehem | 315.70 |
| 43 | Penn Hills | 308.32 |
| 44 | Lansdowne | 281.85 |
| 45 | Stroud Area Regional | 273.19 |
| 46 | Phoenixville | 258.85 |
| 47 | Nanticoke | 257.81 |
| 48 | Carlisle | 251.27 |
| 49 | Oil City | 247.24 |
| 50 | Monroeville | 245.69 |
| 51 | Cheltenham Township | 242.80 |
| 52 | Lower Paxton Township | 239.61 |
| 53 | Berwick | 238.55 |
| 54 | Meadville | 234.64 |
| 55 | Munhall | 227.09 |
| 56 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 223.65 |
| 57 | Rostraver Township | 220.11 |
| 58 | Upper Chichester Township | 214.62 |
| 59 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 213.97 |
| 60 | Lansdale | 213.51 |
| 61 | Southwest Regional | 209.08 |
| 62 | Ephrata | 206.99 |
| 63 | Bristol Township | 204.39 |
| 64 | Spring Garden Township | 203.36 |
| 65 | Hanover | 201.65 |
| 66 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 201.42 |
| 67 | Columbia | 199.98 |
| 68 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 197.38 |
| 69 | West Mifflin | 186.38 |
| 70 | West Norriton Township | 183.73 |
| 71 | Hermitage | 179.47 |
| 72 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 177.52 |
| 73 | Lower Providence Township | 175.64 |
| 74 | Greensburg | 174.63 |
| 75 | Butler Township, Butler County | 172.72 |
| 76 | Muhlenberg Township | 172.62 |
| 77 | Waynesboro | 168.70 |
| 78 | West Manchester Township | 168.46 |
| 79 | Kingston | 166.78 |
| 80 | Ridley Township | 162.14 |
| 81 | South Whitehall Township | 159.84 |
| 82 | Doylestown Township | 158.82 |
| 83 | North Lebanon Township | 156.36 |
| 84 | Pocono Township | 153.46 |
| 85 | Nether Providence Towship | 152.88 |
| 86 | Wyomissing | 152.44 |
| 87 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 148.25 |
| 88 | Pennridge Regional | 145.38 |
| 89 | Aston Township | 144.33 |
| 90 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 144.14 |
| 91 | New Garden Township | 140.39 |
| 92 | Northeastern Regional | 139.31 |
| 93 | East Lampeter Township | 138.65 |
| 94 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 136.27 |
| 95 | Bloomsburg Town | 132.14 |
| 96 | Bensalem Township | 131.87 |
| 97 | Lower Southampton Township | 131.69 |
| 98 | Cumru Township | 131.59 |
| 99 | Whitemarsh Township | 131.57 |
| 100 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 131.36 |
| 101 | Fairview Township, York County | 131.26 |
| 102 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 127.79 |
| 103 | Springettsbury Township | 126.86 |
| 104 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 123.05 |
| 105 | Lancaster Township, Lancaster County | 122.68 |
| 106 | Ross Township | 121.71 |
| 107 | Penn Township, York County | 121.04 |
| 108 | Whitpain Township | 120.93 |
| 109 | Elizabethtown | 120.20 |
| 109 | York Area Regional | 120.20 |
| 110 | Hampton Township | 119.36 |
| 111 | Towamencin Township | 118.54 |
| 112 | Newberry Township | 117.13 |
| 113 | Coal Township | 115.34 |
| 114 | Whitehall | 114.32 |
| 115 | Hilltown Township | 112.68 |
| 116 | Whitehall Township | 110.94 |
| 117 | Baldwin Borough | 110.88 |
| 118 | Radnor Township | 110.77 |
| 119 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 108.25 |
| 120 | Hatfield Township | 106.29 |
| 121 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 106.17 |
| 122 | Elizabeth Township | 105.09 |
| 123 | Falls Township, Bucks County | 104.55 |
| 124 | Southern Regional York County | 103.30 |
| 125 | Lower Burrell | 102.06 |
| 126 | Lower Saucon Township | 101.74 |
| 127 | Northern York Regional | 98.55 |
| 128 | Upper Dublin Township | 97.03 |
| 129 | Emmaus | 97.01 |
| 130 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 96.60 |
| 131 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 96.39 |
| 132 | Bethel Park | 95.58 |
| 133 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 93.26 |
| 134 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 93.15 |
| 135 | State College | 92.95 |
| 136 | Palmer Township | 91.49 |
| 137 | Moon Township | 86.52 |
| 138 | Upper Saucon Township | 86.23 |
| 139 | Middletown Township | 85.50 |
| 140 | Bethlehem Township | 83.97 |
| 141 | Franconia Township | 83.57 |
| 142 | Lower Allen Township | 82.32 |
| 143 | Warminster Township | 82.29 |
| 144 | Uwchlan Township | 82.05 |
| 145 | Lower Merion Township | 80.68 |
| 146 | Horsham Township | 79.71 |
| 147 | West Hempfield Township | 79.69 |
| 148 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 78.32 |
| 149 | West Goshen Township | 76.94 |
| 150 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 76.58 |
| 151 | Easttown Township | 75.56 |
| 152 | Manheim Township | 75.31 |
| 153 | Forks Township | 74.45 |
| 154 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 74.11 |
| 155 | West Hills Regional | 73.81 |
| 156 | Upper Merion Township | 73.39 |
| 157 | Hopewell Township | 71.46 |
| 158 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 70.00 |
| 159 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 68.68 |
| 160 | North Huntingdon Township | 68.63 |
| 161 | Southwestern Regional | 68.08 |
| 162 | Warrington Township | 68.06 |
| 163 | East Hempfield Township | 63.15 |
| 164 | East Pennsboro Township | 62.51 |
| 165 | Lower Moreland Township | 61.15 |
| 166 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 60.80 |
| 167 | Adams Township, Butler County | 59.65 |
| 168 | Salisbury Township | 58.58 |
| 169 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 58.52 |
| 170 | East Norriton Township | 58.42 |
| 171 | East Cocalico Township | 57.63 |
| 172 | Buffalo Valley Region | 57.22 |
| 173 | Ferguson Township | 56.30 |
| 174 | Spring Township, Berks County | 55.12 |
| 175 | West Whiteland Township | 54.16 |
| 176 | Haverford Township | 51.44 |
| 177 | Colonial Regional | 51.27 |
| 178 | North Fayette Township | 50.04 |
| 179 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 49.48 |
| 180 | Upper Providence Town, Delaware County | 49.19 |
| 181 | Lower Makefield Township | 48.95 |
| 182 | Montgomery Township | 48.04 |
| 183 | Mifflin County Regional | 48.00 |
| 184 | Willistown Township | 47.14 |
| 185 | Eastern Adams Regional | 46.64 |
| 186 | East Whiteland Township | 46.49 |
| 187 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 45.34 |
| 188 | Mount Lebanon | 45.10 |
| 189 | North Strabane Township | 44.58 |
| 190 | Franklin Park | 44.38 |
| 191 | Limerick Township | 43.93 |
| 192 | Berks-Lehigh Regional | 41.66 |
| 193 | Shaler Township | 41.57 |
| 194 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 40.21 |
| 195 | Northampton Township | 40.12 |
| 196 | Plumstead Township | 40.03 |
| 197 | Murrysville | 39.86 |
| 198 | Northern Berks Regional | 39.27 |
| 199 | West Lampeter Township | 39.07 |
| 200 | Marple Township | 38.33 |
| 201 | Upper Moreland Township | 37.19 |
| 202 | Upper St. Clair Township | 36.27 |
| 203 | Northern Regional | 35.72 |
| 204 | North Middleton Township | 35.58 |
| 205 | Cecil Township | 35.35 |
| 206 | McCandless | 31.51 |
| 207 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 30.96 |
| 208 | South Park Township | 29.70 |
| 209 | Cranberry Township | 28.27 |
| 210 | Peters Township | 28.17 |
| 211 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 27.31 |
| 212 | Tredyffrin Township | 26.99 |
| 213 | Lower Salford Township | 26.54 |
| 214 | Upper Southampton Township | 26.30 |
| 215 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 25.25 |
| 216 | Hampden Township | 25.09 |
| 217 | Amity Township | 23.76 |
| 218 | South Fayette Township | 20.73 |
| 219 | Patton Township | 19.51 |
| 220 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 17.63 |
| 221 | Silver Spring Township | 14.52 |
| 222 | New Hanover Township | 9.07 |
| 223 | New Britain Township | 9.00 |
| 224 | West Deer Township | 8.46 |
| 225 | Buckingham Township | 4.96 |
| 226 | Upper Allen Township | 0.00 |