Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Beaver Falls, PA Crime Grade
How Beaver Falls grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Pennsylvania — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
9/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Beaver Falls, PA was 239.7 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 11,683). That puts Beaver Falls 26% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Beaver Falls #2,320 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #211 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 22% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Beaver Falls, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 239.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,320 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #211 of 240
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 22%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 11,683
- Reporting agency
- Beaver Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beaver Falls Police Department (FBI ORI PA0040500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beaver Falls, PA
Also known as
- Old Brighton
- Brighton
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Beaver Falls (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beaver Falls vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 350.1(34) | 417.2(40) | 339.8(32) | 196.6(23) | 239.7(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 10.4(1) | 21.2(2) | 34.2(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 31.3(3) | 31.9(3) | 8.5(1) | 8.6(1) |
| Robbery | 103.0(10) | 93.9(9) | 63.7(6) | 34.2(4) | 8.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 247.1(24) | 281.6(27) | 223.0(21) | 119.7(14) | 222.5(26) |
| Property crime | 3264.3(317) | 2419.7(232) | 1667.0(157) | 1128.6(132) | 1241.1(145) |
| Burglary | 236.8(23) | 208.6(20) | 31.9(3) | 68.4(8) | 59.9(7) |
| Larceny | 2873.0(279) | 2085.9(200) | 1560.8(147) | 957.6(112) | 1129.8(132) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 144.2(14) | 104.3(10) | 74.3(7) | 94.0(11) | 42.8(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beaver Falls, PA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Beaver Falls Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Beaver Falls calculated?
- Beaver Falls's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Pennsylvania state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Beaver Falls Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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