Crime Grade · Pennsylvania

Most Dangerous Cities in Pennsylvania

240 reporting Pennsylvania cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 77.6 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	McKeesport	18,480	1693.7	F10/10
2	Philadelphia	1,562,379	821.6	D8/10
3	Darby	10,762	808.4	D8/10
4	Pottstown	23,584	720.8	C7/10
5	Coatesville	13,405	716.2	C7/10
6	Wilkinsburg	13,671	665.6	C7/10
7	Butler	12,894	636.0	C7/10
8	Harrisburg	50,789	630.1	C7/10
9	Johnstown	20,026	589.2	C6/10
10	Washington, Washington County	13,384	567.8	C6/10
11	Meadville	17,415	534.0	C6/10
12	Sharon	12,649	506.0	C6/10
13	Norristown	36,161	486.7	C6/10
14	New Castle	21,192	486.0	C6/10
15	Pittsburgh Bureau of Police	306,794	472.3	B5/10
16	Chester	34,402	468.0	B5/10
17	York	45,356	443.2	B5/10
18	Wilkes-Barre	44,758	413.3	B5/10
19	New Kensington	11,810	381.0	B5/10
20	Penn Hills	39,203	375.0	B5/10
21	Lancaster	58,569	370.5	B5/10
22	Chambersburg	23,343	347.0	B4/10
23	Cheltenham Township	39,204	346.9	B4/10
24	Scranton	75,837	327.0	B4/10
25	Bloomsburg Town	13,256	324.4	B4/10
26	Erie	92,461	313.6	B4/10
27	Altoona	42,434	285.1	B4/10
28	Allentown	127,494	262.0	B4/10
29	Reading	99,299	257.8	A3/10
30	Beaver Falls	11,683	239.7	A3/10
31	Hanover Township, Luzerne County	11,774	237.8	A3/10
32	Upper Darby Township	86,160	236.8	A3/10
33	St. Marys City	12,273	228.1	A3/10
34	Caln Township	15,405	220.7	A3/10
35	Yeadon	12,319	219.2	A3/10
36	Pottsville	13,420	216.1	A3/10
37	Greensburg	14,503	213.7	A3/10
38	Lower Swatara Township	10,130	207.3	A3/10
39	Williamsport	27,382	200.9	A3/10
40	Monongahela	11,581	198.6	A3/10
41	Bethlehem	80,424	194.0	A3/10
42	Slate Belt Regional	13,575	191.5	A3/10
43	Whitehall Township	29,782	188.0	A3/10
44	West Chester	23,951	183.7	A3/10
45	South Abington Township	12,613	182.4	A3/10
46	Columbia	10,448	181.9	A3/10
47	Southern Regional York County	13,830	180.8	A3/10
48	York County Regional	86,205	179.8	A2/10
49	Lebanon	26,375	174.4	A2/10
50	Carlisle	23,168	172.7	A2/10
51	Plains Township	10,048	169.2	A2/10
52	Easton	31,067	167.4	A2/10
53	Hazleton	30,465	164.1	A2/10
54	Clearfield Regional	13,037	161.1	A2/10
55	Bristol Township	54,120	157.1	A2/10
56	Millcreek Township, Erie County	52,826	155.2	A2/10
57	Pocono Mountain Regional	42,762	154.3	A2/10
58	Center Township	12,318	154.2	A2/10
59	Hermitage	16,857	154.2	A2/10
60	State College	57,580	152.8	A2/10
61	Swatara Township	29,687	151.6	A2/10
62	Monroeville	27,797	151.1	A2/10
63	Richland Township, Cambria County	11,947	150.7	A2/10
64	West Goshen Township	24,420	147.4	A2/10
65	Upper Chichester Township	17,034	146.8	A2/10
66	East Norriton Township	14,456	145.3	A2/10
67	Lower Saucon Township	11,090	144.3	A2/10
68	Plymouth Township, Montgomery County	18,769	143.9	A2/10
69	Lansdowne	11,261	142.1	A2/10
70	Stroud Area Regional	34,731	141.1	A2/10
71	Buffalo Valley Regional	12,761	141.1	A2/10
72	Elizabethtown	12,077	140.8	A2/10
73	Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County	28,593	139.9	A2/10
74	Newberry Township	16,398	134.2	A2/10
75	Upper Moreland Township	26,292	133.1	A2/10
76	Lower Paxton Township	55,909	132.4	A2/10
77	South Whitehall Township	22,010	131.8	A2/10
78	Wyoming Area Regional	18,059	127.4	A2/10
79	Waynesboro	11,119	125.9	A2/10
80	Canonsburg	10,710	121.4	A2/10
81	Nanticoke	10,759	120.8	A2/10
82	Munhall	10,255	117.0	A1/10
83	Cumru Township	15,945	112.9	A1/10
84	Emmaus	12,490	112.1	A1/10
85	Mifflin County Regional	17,054	111.4	A1/10
86	Lansdale	19,235	104.0	A1/10
87	Springettsbury Township	27,891	104.0	A1/10
88	Derry Township, Dauphin County	25,296	102.8	A1/10
89	Pocono Township	10,744	102.4	A1/10
90	Falls Township, Bucks County	34,442	101.6	A1/10
91	Lehigh Township, Northampton County	10,829	101.6	A1/10
92	Hanover	16,797	101.2	A1/10
93	Lower Pottsgrove Township	13,172	98.7	A1/10
94	Mechanicsburg	10,275	97.3	A1/10
95	Washington Township, Franklin County	15,550	96.5	A1/10
96	Ross Township	32,194	96.3	A1/10
97	Salisbury Township	13,547	96.0	A1/10
98	Eastern Berks Regional	10,432	95.9	A1/10
99	Butler Township, Butler County	16,886	94.8	A1/10
100	Central Berks Regional	14,115	92.1	A1/10
101	Dunmore	14,243	91.3	A1/10
102	Bensalem Township	63,183	90.2	A1/10
103	Kingston	14,425	90.1	A1/10
104	Moon Township	26,639	90.1	A1/10
105	Bristol	10,014	89.9	A1/10
106	Central Bucks Regional	15,667	89.4	A1/10
107	East Lampeter Township	28,078	89.0	A1/10
108	Amity Township	13,620	88.1	A1/10
109	Willistown Township	11,380	87.9	A1/10
110	South Fayette Township	18,645	85.8	A1/10
111	Northern York County Regional	93,436	85.6	A1/10
112	Ferguson Township	19,198	83.3	A1/10
113	Lower Southampton Township	20,509	82.9	A1/10
114	Scott Township, Allegheny County	17,233	81.2	A1/10
115	Penn Township, York County	18,684	80.3	A1/10
116	Easttown Township	11,212	80.3	A1/10
117	Beaver Valley Regional	10,057	79.5	A1/10
118	Rostraver Township	11,461	78.5	A1/10
119	East Whiteland Township	15,358	78.1	A1/10
120	O'Hara Township	10,304	77.6	A1/10
121	Butler Township, Luzerne County	10,306	77.6	A1/10
122	Manheim Township	44,560	76.3	A1/10
123	North Strabane Township	17,442	74.5	A1/10
124	East Hempfield Township	27,487	72.8	A1/10
125	Upper Allen Township	24,786	72.6	A1/10
126	Radnor Township	33,908	70.8	A1/10
127	Baldwin Borough	20,523	68.2	A1/10
128	Susquehanna Regional	15,137	66.1	A1/10
129	Uwchlan Township	19,935	65.2	A1/10
130	Abington Township, Montgomery County	59,217	64.2	A1/10
131	Hellam Township	11,082	63.2	A1/10
132	Muhlenberg Township	22,172	63.1	A1/10
133	Lebanon County Regional	22,844	61.3	A1/10
134	Plum	26,145	61.2	A1/10
135	Hopewell Township	13,214	60.5	A1/10
136	Upper Saucon Township	18,561	59.3	A1/10
137	Carbondale	11,872	59.0	A1/10
138	Spring Township, Berks County	28,958	58.7	A1/10
139	West Brandywine Township	11,926	58.7	A1/10
140	Elizabeth Township	17,056	58.6	A1/10
141	Berwick	10,243	58.6	A1/10
142	Phoenixville	20,735	57.9	A1/10
143	Robinson Township, Allegheny County	15,705	57.3	A1/10
144	Horsham Township	28,040	57.1	A1/10
145	Peters Township	23,322	55.7	A1/10
146	East Pennsboro Township	21,638	55.5	A1/10
147	Doylestown Township	18,188	55.0	A1/10
148	Ridley Township	31,189	54.5	A1/10
149	North Middleton Township	13,036	53.7	A1/10
150	Colonial Regional	18,785	53.2	A1/10
151	Wyomissing	11,339	52.9	A1/10
152	Upper Southampton Township	15,143	52.8	A1/10
153	McCandless	28,444	52.7	A1/10
154	Warminster Township	33,452	50.8	A1/10
155	Adams Township, Butler County	15,926	50.2	A1/10
156	Jefferson Hills Borough	12,258	48.9	A1/10
157	Northern Berks Regional	14,490	48.3	A1/10
158	Springfield Township, Delaware County	25,245	47.5	A1/10
159	Lower Allen Township	21,067	47.5	A1/10
160	Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County	25,340	47.4	A1/10
161	Hatfield Township	23,234	47.3	A1/10
162	Mount Lebanon	32,647	45.9	A1/10
163	Lower Providence Township	26,259	45.7	A1/10
164	West Hempfield Township	20,243	44.5	A1/10
165	Fairview Township, York County	18,071	44.3	A1/10
166	Upper St. Clair Township	20,493	43.9	A1/10
167	North Fayette Township	15,982	43.8	A1/10
168	Bethel Park	32,097	43.6	A1/10
169	Lower Merion Township	64,974	43.1	A1/10
170	Aston Township	16,565	42.3	A1/10
171	Indiana	14,363	41.8	A1/10
172	Logan Township	12,112	41.3	A1/10
173	Silver Spring Township	21,949	41.0	A1/10
174	Bethlehem Township	26,938	40.8	A1/10
175	Upper Merion Township	37,149	40.4	A1/10
176	Westtown-East Goshen Regional	29,951	40.1	A1/10
177	Cecil Township	15,236	39.4	A1/10
178	Southern Chester County Regional	15,661	38.3	A1/10
179	Exeter Township, Berks County	26,120	38.3	A1/10
180	Patton Township	15,934	37.7	A1/10
181	Northern Lancaster County Regional	42,131	35.6	A1/10
182	Pennridge Regional	11,295	35.4	A1/10
183	Lower Moreland Township	14,253	35.1	A1/10
184	Richland Township, Bucks County	14,420	34.7	A1/10
185	South Heidelberg Township	14,489	34.5	A1/10
186	Warwick Township, Bucks County	14,800	33.8	A1/10
187	Hilltown Township	17,908	33.5	A1/10
188	Northern Regional	41,981	33.3	A1/10
189	Upper Dublin Township	27,692	32.5	A1/10
190	Northampton Township	40,180	29.9	A1/10
191	South Park Township	13,703	29.2	A1/10
192	Marple Township	24,044	29.1	A1/10
193	Lower Makefield Township	34,484	29.0	A1/10
194	Northampton	10,414	28.8	A1/10
195	Plumstead Township	14,452	27.7	A1/10
196	Towamencin Township	18,117	27.6	A1/10
197	Manor Township, Lancaster County	22,117	27.1	A1/10
198	Franklin Park	14,977	26.7	A1/10
199	Cranberry Township	35,475	25.4	A1/10
200	Northwest Lancaster County Regional	20,067	24.9	A1/10
201	West Deer Township	12,235	24.5	A1/10
202	West Earl Township	12,518	24.0	A1/10
203	Forks Township	16,799	23.8	A1/10
204	Ephrata	34,047	23.5	A1/10
205	New Holland	12,898	23.3	A1/10
206	Limerick Township	21,799	22.9	A1/10
207	Upper Gwynedd Township	17,492	22.9	A1/10
208	Montgomery Township	26,384	22.7	A1/10
209	Shaler Township	26,871	22.3	A1/10
210	North Huntingdon Township	31,796	22.0	A1/10
211	Tredyffrin Township	32,112	21.8	A1/10
212	Nether Providence Township	14,599	20.5	A1/10
213	Carroll Township, York County	10,040	19.9	A1/10
214	Haverford Township	51,486	19.4	A1/10
215	Newtown Township, Delaware County	15,608	19.2	A1/10
216	Buckingham Township	20,842	19.2	A1/10
217	Warrington Township	26,473	18.9	A1/10
218	South Lebanon Township	10,683	18.7	A1/10
219	Douglass Township, Montgomery County	11,281	17.7	A1/10
220	Lower Burrell	11,492	17.4	A1/10
221	Newtown Township, Bucks County	23,206	17.2	A1/10
222	New Britain Township	12,360	16.2	A1/10
223	Lower Gwynedd Township	12,403	16.1	A1/10
224	Middletown Township	45,516	15.4	A1/10
225	New Hanover Township	13,808	14.5	A1/10
226	Franconia Township	13,890	14.4	A1/10
227	Springfield Township, Montgomery County	21,263	14.1	A1/10
228	Palmer Township	22,687	13.2	A1/10
229	Lower Salford Township	16,561	12.1	A1/10
230	Lycoming Regional	16,645	12.0	A1/10
231	Hampton Township	17,835	11.2	A1/10
232	East Brandywine Township	10,633	9.4	A1/10
233	Upper Uwchlan Township	13,955	7.2	A1/10
234	East Cocalico Township	14,927	6.7	A1/10
235	Upper Macungie Township	30,034	6.7	A1/10
236	Ohio Township	15,537	6.4	A1/10
237	Hampden Township	36,116	5.5	A1/10
238	Murrysville	20,672	4.8	A1/10
239	Penn Township, Westmoreland County	20,847	0.0	A1/10
240	Upper Providence Township, Delaware County	10,955	0.0	A1/10

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Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.