Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Easton, PA Crime Grade
How Easton 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 Easton, PA was 167.4 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 31,067). That puts Easton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Easton #1,801 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #189 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Easton, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,801 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #189 of 240
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 31,067
- Reporting agency
- Easton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Easton Police Department (FBI ORI PA0480400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Easton, PA
Also known as
- The Easton Tract
- Lechau-hanne
- Dutchtown
- Lechauwitank
- The Forks of the Delaware
- Lechauwake
- Thomas Penns Lottery Lot
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. Easton (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Easton 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 | 234.7(64) | 279.1(76) | 161.6(51) | 196.2(59) | 167.4(52) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.3(2) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 40.3(11) | 29.4(8) | 9.5(3) | 13.3(4) | 6.4(2) |
| Robbery | 36.7(10) | 47.7(13) | 15.8(5) | 26.6(8) | 12.9(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 157.7(43) | 194.6(53) | 133.1(42) | 156.3(47) | 148.1(46) |
| Property crime | 1397.2(381) | 1116.3(304) | 998.2(315) | 1194.1(359) | 672.7(209) |
| Burglary | 95.3(26) | 69.8(19) | 47.5(15) | 43.2(13) | 25.8(8) |
| Larceny | 1202.9(328) | 976.8(266) | 852.4(269) | 934.7(281) | 563.3(175) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 88.0(24) | 66.1(18) | 95.1(30) | 212.9(64) | 74.0(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Easton, 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 Easton 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 Easton calculated?
- Easton'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 Easton 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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