Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ephrata, PA Crime Grade
How Ephrata 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
2/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ephrata, PA was 23.5 per 100,000 residents (8 incidents over a population of 34,047). That puts Ephrata Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 90% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Ephrata #173 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #37 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 91% over the last five years.
Ephrata, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 23.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #173 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #37 of 240
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 91%
- Population
- 34,047
- Reporting agency
- Ephrata Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ephrata Police Department (FBI ORI PA0360300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ephrata, PA
Also known as
- Ephratah
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. Ephrata (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ephrata 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 | 266.1(37) | 164.8(23) | 122.1(17) | 29.4(10) | 23.5(8) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 28.8(4) | 0.0(0) | 35.9(5) | 8.8(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 36.0(5) | 14.3(2) | 28.7(4) | 2.9(1) | 2.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 201.3(28) | 150.5(21) | 57.5(8) | 17.6(6) | 20.6(7) |
| Property crime | 1208.0(168) | 1261.1(176) | 1300.3(181) | 908.6(309) | 666.7(227) |
| Burglary | 172.6(24) | 157.6(22) | 129.3(18) | 29.4(10) | 29.4(10) |
| Larceny | 999.5(139) | 1060.5(148) | 1077.6(150) | 855.6(291) | 602.1(205) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 36.0(5) | 35.8(5) | 57.5(8) | 17.6(6) | 35.2(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ephrata, 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 Ephrata 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 Ephrata calculated?
- Ephrata'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 Ephrata 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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