Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Canonsburg, PA Crime Grade
How Canonsburg 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
7/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Canonsburg, PA was 121.4 per 100,000 residents (13 incidents over a population of 10,710). That puts Canonsburg 63% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 47% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Canonsburg #1,354 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #161 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 94% year over year and up 52% over the last five years.
Canonsburg, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 121.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,354 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #161 of 240
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 94%
- 5-year change
- up 52%
- Population
- 10,710
- Reporting agency
- Canonsburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Canonsburg Police Department (FBI ORI PA0630100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Canonsburg, PA
Also known as
- Cannonburg
- Cannonberry
- Cannonsboro
- Cannonsburg
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. Canonsburg (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Canonsburg 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 79.6(7) | 125.9(11) | 72.8(7) | 62.6(6) | 121.4(13) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.3(1) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 11.4(1) | 11.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 20.9(2) | 9.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 68.3(6) | 114.5(10) | 72.8(7) | 41.7(4) | 102.7(11) |
| Property crime | 375.5(33) | 469.4(41) | 218.5(21) | 208.6(20) | 233.4(25) |
| Burglary | 11.4(1) | 45.8(4) | 31.2(3) | 10.4(1) | 46.7(5) |
| Larceny | 341.3(30) | 423.6(37) | 166.5(16) | 187.7(18) | 177.4(19) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 20.8(2) | 10.4(1) | 9.3(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Canonsburg, 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 Canonsburg 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 Canonsburg calculated?
- Canonsburg'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 Canonsburg 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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