Pennsylvania Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Pennsylvania displays a 50-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at 63.72 points out of 100 versus Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 13.72.
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Pennsylvania displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 623 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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Pennsylvania has 2 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 3 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a reporting population of 1,582,432 residents versus 77,069 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Pennsylvania is Bethlehem with an adjusted safety score of 63.72 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Pennsylvania city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | #1 of 6 | 77,069 | 63.72 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Reading | #2 of 6 | 94,836 | 50.47 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Allentown | #3 of 6 | 125,320 | 49.61 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Erie | #4 of 6 | 94,156 | 45.41 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Philadelphia | #5 of 6 | 1,582,432 | 23.03 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Pittsburgh | #6 of 6 | 303,620 | 13.72 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
Pennsylvania in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Homicide -20% (1,280 to 1,020), robbery -14%, burglary -11%, larceny-theft -9%, aggravated assault -8%, motor vehicle theft -2%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 347,193 of 639,240 reports (54.3%); larceny-theft alone is 237,372 (37.1%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 76% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts and 24% of larcenies (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 1,020 reports in 2025 vs 1,280 in 2024 (-20%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (76,054) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (53,200, 8.3% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in May (21,284) and troughed in Feb (16,677), a 1.3× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 903 of 963 agencies reported homicide in December 2025 (vs 937 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 963 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Pennsylvania monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 237372 reports vs 260719 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 20,272 | 664 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 16,677 | 629 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 18,917 | 674 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 19,720 | 668 | Full |
| May 2025 | 21,284 | 669 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 19,999 | 671 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 20,785 | 665 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 20,736 | 665 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 20,986 | 664 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 20,986 | 661 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 19,079 | 650 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 17,931 | 649 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 76054 reports vs 73546 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 5,894 | 640 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 5,161 | 606 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 6,389 | 647 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 6,524 | 643 | Full |
| May 2025 | 7,133 | 643 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 6,152 | 644 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 6,619 | 640 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 6,343 | 638 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 6,865 | 636 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 6,764 | 633 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 6,344 | 622 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 5,866 | 621 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
→ Stable, 70332 reports vs 76878 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4,918 | 705 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 4,733 | 664 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 5,760 | 713 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 6,092 | 708 | Full |
| May 2025 | 6,638 | 708 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 6,471 | 710 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 6,467 | 703 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 6,304 | 703 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 6,222 | 703 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 6,151 | 699 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 5,558 | 687 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 5,018 | 687 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
76% of homicides cleared vs 10% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1,020 | 773 | 75.8% |
| Aggravated Assault | 35,144 | 22,070 | 62.8% |
| Robbery | 11,050 | 3,804 | 34.4% |
| Burglary | 23,461 | 6,265 | 26.7% |
| Larceny-theft | 237,372 | 57,706 | 24.3% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 45,587 | 4,528 | 9.9% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Pennsylvania city reports
- Bethlehem safety report: #1 of 6, population 77,069, score 63.72, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Reading safety report: #2 of 6, population 94,836, score 50.47, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Allentown safety report: #3 of 6, population 125,320, score 49.61, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Erie safety report: #4 of 6, population 94,156, score 45.41, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Philadelphia safety report: #5 of 6, population 1,582,432, score 23.03, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Pittsburgh safety report: #6 of 6, population 303,620, score 13.72, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Pennsylvania reporting agencies recorded 21,284 larceny-theft offenses in May 2025 versus 16,677 in Feb 2025, a difference of 4,607 reports; 669 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 629 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 237,372 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Pennsylvania reporting agencies recorded 7,133 simple assault offenses in May 2025 versus 5,161 in Feb 2025, a difference of 1,972 reports; 643 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 606 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 76,054 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Pennsylvania reporting agencies recorded 6,638 vandalism offenses in May 2025 versus 4,733 in Feb 2025, a difference of 1,905 reports; 708 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 664 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 70,332 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Pennsylvania reporting agencies recorded 773 cleared homicide offenses against 1,020 reports received in 2025 (75.8%), compared with 4,528 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 45,587 reports (9.9%), a 65.9-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania records 13.72 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 27.27 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.99; its reporting population of 303,620 residents accounts for 13.3% of the 2,277,433 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania records 63.72 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 22.73 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.99; its reporting population of 77,069 residents accounts for 3.4% of the 2,277,433 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania records 23.03 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 17.96 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 40.99; its reporting population of 1,582,432 residents accounts for 69.5% of the 2,277,433 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Pennsylvania reporting-agency sums contain 237,372 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 260,719 in 2024, 23,347 reports (9.0%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 629 to 679 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Pennsylvania reporting-agency sums contain 76,054 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 73,546 in 2024, 2,508 reports (3.4%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 606 to 652 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Pennsylvania reporting-agency sums contain 70,332 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 76,878 in 2024, 6,546 reports (8.5%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 664 to 719 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Pennsylvania directory
The scoring run contains 623 reportable jurisdictions in Pennsylvania. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Bethlehem has the highest adjusted score at 63.72, and Pittsburgh has the lowest at 13.72. The public-cohort range is 50.0 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 2 decreasing, 1 stable, and 3 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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