Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hanover Township, Luzerne County, PA Crime Grade
How Hanover Township, Luzerne County 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
9/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, PA was 237.8 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 11,774). That puts Hanover Township, Luzerne County 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 4% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hanover Township, Luzerne County (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hanover Township, Luzerne County 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 | 378.1(41) | 453.8(49) | 261.8(30) | 251.4(29) | 237.8(28) |
| Murder | 9.2(1) | 9.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 36.9(4) | 9.3(1) | 17.5(2) | 8.7(1) | 8.5(1) |
| Robbery | 18.4(2) | 37.0(4) | 8.7(1) | 26.0(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 313.6(34) | 398.3(43) | 235.6(27) | 216.8(25) | 229.3(27) |
| Property crime | 1899.8(206) | 1426.3(154) | 986.2(113) | 823.7(95) | 823.8(97) |
| Burglary | 212.1(23) | 185.2(20) | 96.0(11) | 86.7(10) | 110.4(13) |
| Larceny | 1604.7(174) | 1083.6(117) | 881.5(101) | 667.6(77) | 654.0(77) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 73.8(8) | 129.7(14) | 8.7(1) | 60.7(7) | 59.5(7) |
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: Hanover Township, Luzerne County'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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