Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Darby, PA Crime Grade
How Darby 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
10/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Darby, PA was 808.4 per 100,000 residents (87 incidents over a population of 10,762). That puts Darby 149% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 254% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Darby #3,600 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #238 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and down 50% over the last five years.
Darby, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 808.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,600 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #238 of 240
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- down 50%
- Population
- 10,762
- Reporting agency
- Darby Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Darby Police Department (FBI ORI PA0230800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Darby, PA
Also known as
- Derby Town
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. Darby (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Darby 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 | 1615.3(172) | 1392.3(149) | 2008.8(215) | 831.3(88) | 808.4(87) |
| Murder | 37.6(4) | 9.3(1) | 28.0(3) | 18.9(2) | 9.3(1) |
| Rape | 75.1(8) | 158.8(17) | 56.1(6) | 47.2(5) | 46.5(5) |
| Robbery | 469.6(50) | 345.7(37) | 261.6(28) | 122.8(13) | 102.2(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 1033.1(110) | 878.3(94) | 1663.1(178) | 642.4(68) | 650.4(70) |
| Property crime | 3794.1(404) | 3251.7(348) | 2410.5(258) | 2635.6(279) | 1886.3(203) |
| Burglary | 807.7(86) | 429.8(46) | 401.8(43) | 245.6(26) | 204.4(22) |
| Larceny | 2610.8(278) | 2345.4(251) | 1485.6(159) | 1539.8(163) | 1347.3(145) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 347.5(37) | 457.9(49) | 504.5(54) | 840.7(89) | 315.9(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Darby, 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 Darby 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 Darby calculated?
- Darby'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 Darby 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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