Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bethlehem, PA Crime Grade
How Bethlehem 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
8/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bethlehem, PA was 194.0 per 100,000 residents (156 incidents over a population of 80,424). That puts Bethlehem Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 15% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bethlehem (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bethlehem 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 | 2018 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 273.1(207) | 172.6(131) | 176.8(139) | 209.6(166) | 194.0(156) |
| Murder | 1.3(1) | 5.3(4) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 42.2(32) | 27.7(21) | 34.3(27) | 42.9(34) | 47.2(38) |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bethlehem's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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