Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2018, among Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, Chester had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (4,805.35), followed by Darby (4,643.99), Pottstown (4,172.52), Johnstown (4,124.16), and Yeadon (4,091.38).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total crime rate in 2018, 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 2018
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester | 4805.35 |
| 2 | Darby | 4643.99 |
| 3 | Pottstown | 4172.52 |
| 4 | Johnstown | 4124.16 |
| 5 | Yeadon | 4091.38 |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 4032.67 |
| 7 | McKeesport | 4025.82 |
| 8 | Washington, Washington County | 3843.02 |
| 9 | Sharon | 3694.69 |
| 10 | Upper Merion Township | 3693.80 |
| 11 | Harrisburg | 3672.66 |
| 12 | New Kensington | 3651.94 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 3628.56 |
| 14 | Swatara Township | 3625.81 |
| 15 | York | 3615.58 |
| 16 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 3576.21 |
| 17 | Lancaster | 3370.09 |
| 18 | New Castle | 3359.20 |
| 19 | Whitehall Township | 3338.27 |
| 20 | Hermitage | 3328.83 |
| 21 | Springettsbury Township | 3313.09 |
| 22 | Center Township | 3164.61 |
| 23 | Hanover | 3117.61 |
| 24 | West Manchester Township | 3069.08 |
| 25 | Chambersburg | 3057.91 |
| 26 | Scranton | 2998.96 |
| 27 | Butler | 2988.40 |
| 28 | Spring Garden Township | 2972.56 |
| 29 | Reading | 2963.85 |
| 30 | Wilkes-Barre | 2898.55 |
| 31 | Stroud Area Regional | 2895.06 |
| 32 | Cheltenham Township | 2845.26 |
| 33 | Butler Township, Butler County | 2780.80 |
| 34 | East Lampeter Township | 2725.73 |
| 35 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 2686.42 |
| 36 | Allentown | 2662.99 |
| 37 | Wyomissing | 2601.88 |
| 38 | Muhlenberg Township | 2585.82 |
| 39 | Williamsport | 2551.98 |
| 40 | Colonial Regional | 2532.56 |
| 41 | Lansdowne | 2497.65 |
| 42 | Pocono Township | 2496.55 |
| 43 | South Whitehall Township | 2490.21 |
| 44 | Greensburg | 2468.88 |
| 45 | Rostraver Township | 2449.42 |
| 46 | West Whiteland Township | 2408.53 |
| 47 | Erie | 2308.85 |
| 48 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 2277.97 |
| 49 | Bensalem Township | 2259.52 |
| 50 | East Norriton Township | 2200.92 |
| 51 | Berwick | 2173.48 |
| 52 | Caln Township | 2172.40 |
| 53 | Lebanon | 2149.83 |
| 54 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 2143.53 |
| 55 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 2135.60 |
| 56 | Coal Township | 2129.93 |
| 57 | Lancaster Township, Lancaster County | 2061.14 |
| 58 | Penn Hills | 2056.24 |
| 59 | Upper Chichester Township | 2035.06 |
| 60 | Pottsville | 2017.89 |
| 61 | Bristol Township | 1998.73 |
| 62 | Ross Township | 1974.40 |
| 63 | Indiana | 1971.01 |
| 64 | Bethlehem | 1969.42 |
| 65 | Monroeville | 1969.02 |
| 66 | Altoona | 1961.68 |
| 67 | Norristown | 1888.16 |
| 68 | Columbia | 1887.70 |
| 69 | Waynesboro | 1877.29 |
| 70 | West Norriton Township | 1852.56 |
| 71 | Upper Moreland Township | 1827.81 |
| 72 | Lower Southampton Township | 1804.47 |
| 73 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 1790.37 |
| 74 | Kingston | 1745.09 |
| 75 | West Chester | 1704.52 |
| 76 | North Lebanon Township | 1702.38 |
| 77 | Lower Merion Township | 1700.92 |
| 78 | Easton | 1686.43 |
| 79 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 1678.69 |
| 80 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 1675.22 |
| 81 | Sandy Township | 1670.64 |
| 82 | Central Berks Regional | 1660.53 |
| 83 | Nanticoke | 1658.05 |
| 84 | Limerick Township | 1655.87 |
| 85 | Bloomsburg Town | 1626.02 |
| 86 | Ephrata Township | 1586.24 |
| 87 | Upper Darby Township | 1583.24 |
| 88 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 1547.27 |
| 89 | Lower Paxton Township | 1529.54 |
| 90 | Manheim Township | 1507.61 |
| 91 | Marple Township | 1503.85 |
| 92 | Emmaus | 1496.95 |
| 93 | North Fayette Township | 1486.44 |
| 94 | Dunmore | 1484.57 |
| 95 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 1478.94 |
| 96 | Falls Township, Bucks County | 1462.16 |
| 97 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 1442.94 |
| 98 | Bethlehem Township | 1430.18 |
| 99 | Hazleton | 1428.75 |
| 100 | Ephrata | 1425.91 |
| 101 | Middletown Township | 1425.25 |
| 102 | Newberry Township | 1422.31 |
| 103 | Meadville | 1393.51 |
| 104 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 1357.30 |
| 105 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 1317.81 |
| 106 | Phoenixville | 1316.72 |
| 107 | Montgomery Township | 1311.84 |
| 108 | Palmer Township | 1287.65 |
| 109 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 1282.16 |
| 110 | Lower Allen Township | 1253.90 |
| 111 | St. Marys City | 1237.89 |
| 112 | Logan Township | 1237.46 |
| 113 | Cumru Township | 1195.82 |
| 114 | Haverford Township | 1187.73 |
| 115 | Salisbury Township | 1166.20 |
| 116 | Lansdale | 1148.32 |
| 117 | Northeastern Regional | 1128.14 |
| 118 | Ridley Township | 1125.36 |
| 119 | East Hempfield Township | 1117.68 |
| 120 | West Goshen Township | 1109.67 |
| 121 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 1098.68 |
| 122 | Slate Belt Regional | 1084.25 |
| 123 | Hilltown Township | 1073.25 |
| 124 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 1071.79 |
| 125 | Spring Township, Berks County | 1068.00 |
| 126 | Nether Providence Township | 1067.54 |
| 127 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 1056.32 |
| 128 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 1044.08 |
| 129 | Hatfield Township | 1026.23 |
| 130 | Aston Township | 1023.46 |
| 131 | North Huntingdon Township | 1009.40 |
| 132 | Fairview Township, York County | 1002.56 |
| 133 | York Area Regional | 1002.06 |
| 134 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 1002.00 |
| 135 | Penn Township, York County | 999.33 |
| 136 | North Versailles Township | 997.77 |
| 137 | Cranberry Township | 995.06 |
| 138 | Moon Township | 982.22 |
| 139 | West Hempfield Township | 970.00 |
| 140 | Southern Regional York County | 955.28 |
| 141 | Lower Moreland Township | 954.26 |
| 142 | Northern Berks Regional | 950.17 |
| 143 | Northern York County Regional | 949.67 |
| 144 | Warminster Township | 947.68 |
| 145 | Hopewell Township | 944.06 |
| 146 | Elizabethtown | 940.39 |
| 147 | East Whiteland Township | 910.22 |
| 148 | Doylestown Township | 906.48 |
| 149 | Bethel Park | 903.85 |
| 150 | Mifflin County Regional | 891.33 |
| 151 | Whitpain Township | 889.99 |
| 152 | West Hills Regional | 877.19 |
| 153 | Carlisle | 848.20 |
| 154 | Tredyffrin Township | 845.31 |
| 155 | Shaler Township | 834.55 |
| 156 | Lower Burrell | 833.71 |
| 157 | Mount Lebanon | 818.88 |
| 158 | Patton Township | 805.35 |
| 159 | State College | 804.68 |
| 160 | Whitemarsh Township | 795.95 |
| 161 | Radnor Township | 795.37 |
| 162 | Lower Saucon Township | 794.53 |
| 163 | Plum | 788.30 |
| 164 | North Strabane Township | 775.35 |
| 165 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 773.71 |
| 166 | Horsham Township | 740.18 |
| 167 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 725.46 |
| 168 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 719.31 |
| 169 | Warrington Township | 715.97 |
| 170 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 707.40 |
| 171 | Easttown Township | 703.04 |
| 172 | Lower Makefield Township | 698.85 |
| 173 | Lower Providence Township | 694.98 |
| 174 | Upper Macungie Township | 688.14 |
| 175 | Forks Township | 681.89 |
| 176 | Amity Township | 672.99 |
| 177 | East Cocalico Township | 671.78 |
| 178 | Peters Township | 668.59 |
| 179 | Uwchlan Township | 666.88 |
| 180 | Upper St. Clair Township | 642.78 |
| 181 | Southwestern Regional | 635.22 |
| 182 | West Lampeter Township | 633.86 |
| 183 | Buffalo Valley Regional | 631.91 |
| 184 | North Middleton Township | 624.89 |
| 185 | Upper Southampton Township | 618.43 |
| 186 | Baldwin Borough | 617.79 |
| 187 | West Mifflin | 617.00 |
| 188 | Central Bucks Regional | 590.35 |
| 189 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 585.66 |
| 190 | Northern Regional | 583.97 |
| 191 | Southern Chester County Regional | 581.01 |
| 192 | East Pennsboro Township | 570.12 |
| 193 | Elizabeth Township | 557.80 |
| 194 | Plumstead Township | 547.60 |
| 195 | Hampden Township | 546.07 |
| 196 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 544.91 |
| 197 | New Hanover Township | 537.84 |
| 198 | Pennridge Regional | 526.65 |
| 199 | New Britain Township | 524.35 |
| 200 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 519.25 |
| 201 | McCandless | 509.22 |
| 202 | Ferguson Township | 491.02 |
| 203 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 486.70 |
| 204 | Murrysville | 485.86 |
| 205 | Upper Saucon Township | 473.10 |
| 206 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 451.50 |
| 207 | Cecil Township | 443.28 |
| 208 | Hampton Township | 442.19 |
| 209 | Lower Salford Township | 433.94 |
| 210 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 432.27 |
| 211 | West Deer Township | 409.25 |
| 212 | Northampton Township | 397.06 |
| 213 | Silver Spring Township | 387.21 |
| 214 | South Fayette Township | 386.37 |
| 215 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 382.25 |
| 216 | Franconia Township | 374.73 |
| 217 | Towamencin Township | 374.13 |
| 218 | Upper Allen Township | 372.71 |
| 219 | Whitehall | 364.88 |
| 220 | Buckingham Township | 349.56 |
| 221 | Adams Township, Butler County | 347.40 |
| 222 | Franklin Park | 319.60 |
| 223 | Willistown Township | 291.36 |
| 224 | Upper Providence Township, Delaware County | 209.96 |
| 225 | South Park Township | 202.52 |
| 226 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 160.65 |