Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018
Updated on September 25, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2018, among Pennsylvania cities with a population of at least 10K, McKeesport had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,530), followed by Darby (1,392.26), Chester (1,390.56), Johnstown (1,149.59), and Harrisburg (1,080.43).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2018, 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 2018
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McKeesport | 1530.00 |
| 2 | Darby | 1392.26 |
| 3 | Chester | 1390.56 |
| 4 | Johnstown | 1149.59 |
| 5 | Harrisburg | 1080.43 |
| 6 | Scranton | 1042.06 |
| 7 | York | 1018.79 |
| 8 | Philadelphia | 908.68 |
| 9 | Indiana | 897.31 |
| 10 | Pottstown | 859.95 |
| 11 | Washington, Washington County | 747.87 |
| 12 | Yeadon | 747.05 |
| 13 | Reading | 701.97 |
| 14 | Lancaster | 701.13 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh | 578.76 |
| 16 | New Kensington | 565.57 |
| 17 | New Castle | 561.39 |
| 18 | Coal Township | 551.84 |
| 19 | Upper Darby Township | 529.36 |
| 20 | Wilkes-Barre | 515.84 |
| 21 | Sharon | 494.15 |
| 22 | Hazleton | 474.90 |
| 23 | Penn Hills | 410.76 |
| 24 | Greensburg | 407.96 |
| 25 | Norristown | 402.54 |
| 26 | Spring Garden Township | 388.72 |
| 27 | Hanover Township, Luzerne County | 378.12 |
| 28 | Altoona | 376.37 |
| 29 | Berwick | 368.89 |
| 30 | Swatara Township | 354.29 |
| 31 | Lower Southampton Township | 353.61 |
| 32 | Allentown | 338.42 |
| 33 | Center Township | 332.20 |
| 34 | Pottsville | 325.23 |
| 35 | Lower Pottsgrove Township | 321.57 |
| 36 | Lebanon | 321.51 |
| 37 | Hanover | 313.04 |
| 38 | Erie | 309.02 |
| 39 | Butler | 307.29 |
| 40 | East Norriton Township | 305.29 |
| 41 | Sandy Township | 295.94 |
| 42 | North Versailles Township | 288.61 |
| 43 | Chambersburg | 286.23 |
| 44 | Slate Belt Regional | 281.10 |
| 45 | Bethlehem | 273.06 |
| 46 | Caln Township | 272.42 |
| 47 | Pocono Township | 267.16 |
| 48 | Millcreek Township, Erie County | 256.45 |
| 49 | Easton | 254.07 |
| 50 | Upper Chichester Township | 252.91 |
| 51 | Williamsport | 250.61 |
| 52 | Bloomsburg Town | 247.44 |
| 53 | Lansdowne | 244.13 |
| 54 | North Lebanon Township | 240.82 |
| 55 | Plum | 238.32 |
| 56 | Monroeville | 228.03 |
| 57 | Fairview Township, York County | 222.16 |
| 58 | Lancaster Township, Lancaster County | 208.43 |
| 59 | York Area Regional | 204.02 |
| 60 | West Norriton Township | 203.72 |
| 61 | Pocono Mountain Regional | 194.33 |
| 62 | Stroud Area Regional | 189.18 |
| 63 | Phoenixville | 188.10 |
| 64 | Cheltenham Township | 186.66 |
| 65 | North Strabane Township | 183.64 |
| 66 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 182.56 |
| 67 | West Chester | 182.28 |
| 68 | Columbia | 182.06 |
| 69 | Elizabethtown | 181.18 |
| 70 | Kingston | 179.18 |
| 71 | Dunmore | 177.84 |
| 72 | Bristol Township | 176.96 |
| 73 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 176.85 |
| 74 | Lower Paxton Township | 176.49 |
| 75 | Hopewell Township | 173.08 |
| 76 | Lehigh Township, Northampton County | 171.77 |
| 77 | Ephrata | 164.80 |
| 78 | Meadville | 162.58 |
| 79 | Springettsbury Township | 160.25 |
| 80 | Easttown Township | 159.35 |
| 81 | Derry Township, Dauphin County | 159.17 |
| 82 | Penn Township, Westmoreland County | 155.47 |
| 83 | Butler Township, Butler County | 151.13 |
| 84 | Central Berks Regional | 150.27 |
| 85 | West Goshen Township | 146.81 |
| 86 | West Mifflin | 146.67 |
| 87 | Plymouth Township, Montgomery County | 146.43 |
| 88 | Nanticoke | 146.30 |
| 89 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 146.27 |
| 90 | West Manchester Township | 143.37 |
| 91 | Newberry Township | 139.69 |
| 92 | Richland Township, Bucks County | 134.45 |
| 93 | Penn Township, York County | 133.25 |
| 94 | Southern Regional York County | 130.26 |
| 95 | Mifflin County Regional | 129.86 |
| 96 | East Hempfield Township | 129.59 |
| 97 | Logan Township | 129.41 |
| 98 | Southwestern Regional | 129.29 |
| 99 | Wyomissing | 124.35 |
| 100 | Falls Township, Bucks County | 124.06 |
| 101 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 124.02 |
| 102 | Manheim Township | 123.78 |
| 103 | Hermitage | 122.34 |
| 104 | Lower Providence Township | 121.99 |
| 105 | Springfield Township, Montgomery County | 121.51 |
| 106 | Waynesboro | 119.05 |
| 107 | Bensalem Township | 115.53 |
| 108 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 113.80 |
| 109 | Scott Township, Allegheny County | 108.65 |
| 110 | West Hempfield Township | 108.45 |
| 111 | Muhlenberg Township | 108.36 |
| 112 | Southern Chester County Regional | 106.85 |
| 113 | St. Marys City | 105.87 |
| 114 | Hatfield Township | 104.52 |
| 115 | Radnor Township | 97.07 |
| 116 | Ephrata Township | 95.56 |
| 117 | Carlisle | 93.10 |
| 118 | Exeter Township, Berks County | 92.46 |
| 119 | Lower Saucon Township | 92.39 |
| 120 | Upper Moreland Township | 90.98 |
| 121 | Lansdale | 90.18 |
| 122 | Nether Providence Township | 87.15 |
| 123 | Baldwin Borough | 86.80 |
| 124 | Ridley Township | 86.57 |
| 125 | Doylestown Township | 86.06 |
| 126 | Cumru Township | 84.49 |
| 127 | Uwchlan Township | 84.02 |
| 128 | Warwick Township, Bucks County | 82.09 |
| 129 | Washington Township, Franklin County | 81.79 |
| 130 | Lower Burrell | 80.68 |
| 131 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 79.09 |
| 132 | Moon Township | 77.65 |
| 133 | Plumstead Township | 77.22 |
| 134 | Warminster Township | 77.17 |
| 135 | Hampton Township | 76.43 |
| 136 | Spring Township, Berks County | 76.29 |
| 137 | Whitehall Township | 75.87 |
| 138 | East Cocalico Township | 75.69 |
| 139 | Douglass Township, Montgomery County | 75.16 |
| 140 | Bethlehem Township | 75.05 |
| 141 | Upper Merion Township | 74.99 |
| 142 | Warrington Township | 73.22 |
| 143 | Middletown Township | 73.03 |
| 144 | Rostraver Township | 72.58 |
| 145 | Lower Allen Township | 71.65 |
| 146 | Mount Lebanon | 71.34 |
| 147 | Shaler Township | 71.33 |
| 148 | Elizabeth Township | 68.77 |
| 149 | Whitehall | 65.68 |
| 150 | Ross Township | 65.49 |
| 151 | South Whitehall Township | 65.27 |
| 152 | West Whiteland Township | 65.24 |
| 153 | Towamencin Township | 65.07 |
| 154 | Hilltown Township | 64.65 |
| 155 | Emmaus | 60.92 |
| 156 | Palmer Township | 60.43 |
| 157 | Northern Berks Regional | 59.85 |
| 158 | West Hills Regional | 59.81 |
| 159 | Northeastern Regional | 58.93 |
| 160 | Richland Township, Cambria County | 58.63 |
| 161 | Central Bucks Regional | 57.75 |
| 162 | Salisbury Township | 57.24 |
| 163 | Upper Gwynedd Township | 56.40 |
| 164 | West Lampeter Township | 55.93 |
| 165 | Northern Lancaster County Regional | 55.42 |
| 166 | Peters Township | 54.21 |
| 167 | Lower Merion Township | 54.00 |
| 168 | Springfield Township, Delaware County | 53.59 |
| 169 | East Lampeter Township | 52.53 |
| 170 | Northern York County Regional | 51.57 |
| 171 | Forks Township | 51.46 |
| 172 | North Middleton Township | 51.36 |
| 173 | East Pennsboro Township | 50.58 |
| 174 | Whitemarsh Township | 50.10 |
| 175 | North Huntingdon Township | 49.32 |
| 176 | Haverford Township | 48.56 |
| 177 | Pennridge Regional | 45.40 |
| 178 | Lower Salford Township | 45.34 |
| 179 | Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County | 45.00 |
| 180 | Limerick Township | 41.79 |
| 181 | Ferguson Township | 40.92 |
| 182 | Tredyffrin Township | 40.58 |
| 183 | Upper St. Clair Township | 40.49 |
| 184 | North Fayette Township | 40.17 |
| 185 | Upper Southampton Township | 39.90 |
| 186 | Upper Providence Township, Delaware County | 38.17 |
| 187 | Newtown Township, Delaware County | 36.84 |
| 188 | Aston Township | 35.91 |
| 189 | Upper Allen Township | 34.79 |
| 190 | State College | 34.03 |
| 191 | Bethel Park | 33.93 |
| 192 | Colonial Regional | 33.40 |
| 193 | Hampden Township | 32.90 |
| 194 | Buffalo Valley Regional | 31.60 |
| 195 | Whitpain Township | 31.05 |
| 196 | Patton Township | 30.98 |
| 197 | Amity Township | 30.59 |
| 198 | Northampton Township | 30.54 |
| 199 | Lower Makefield Township | 30.52 |
| 200 | Lower Moreland Township | 30.29 |
| 201 | Upper Macungie Township | 28.01 |
| 202 | Willistown Township | 27.32 |
| 203 | New Britain Township | 26.66 |
| 204 | Montgomery Township | 26.62 |
| 205 | Horsham Township | 26.30 |
| 206 | Lower Gwynedd Township | 25.99 |
| 207 | Cranberry Township | 25.68 |
| 208 | East Whiteland Township | 24.82 |
| 209 | South Park Township | 22.50 |
| 210 | Franconia Township | 22.48 |
| 211 | Newtown Township, Bucks County | 21.85 |
| 212 | Adams Township, Butler County | 21.27 |
| 213 | Franklin Park | 20.40 |
| 214 | Murrysville | 20.24 |
| 215 | Northwest Lancaster County Regional | 19.97 |
| 216 | McCandless | 17.56 |
| 217 | Northern Regional | 16.93 |
| 218 | Marple Township | 16.76 |
| 219 | Silver Spring Township | 16.60 |
| 220 | Cecil Township | 15.83 |
| 221 | New Hanover Township | 15.15 |
| 222 | South Fayette Township | 12.67 |
| 223 | Upper Saucon Township | 11.68 |
| 224 | West Deer Township | 8.35 |
| 225 | Buckingham Township | 4.92 |
| 226 | Upper Uwchlan Township | 0.00 |