Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Johnstown, PA Crime Grade
How Johnstown 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 Johnstown, PA was 589.2 per 100,000 residents (118 incidents over a population of 20,026). That puts Johnstown 81% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 158% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Johnstown #3,408 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 10% of them, and #232 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Johnstown, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 589.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,408 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #232 of 240
- Safer than
- 10% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 20,026
- Reporting agency
- Johnstown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Johnstown Police Department (FBI ORI PA0110400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Johnstown, PA
Also known as
- Conemaugh
History
Named Conemaugh by Joseph Jons & incorporated in 1831. In 1834 the Legislature formally changed the name to Johnstown.
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. Johnstown (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Johnstown 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 | 749.5(157) | 1149.6(240) | 809.2(165) | 586.5(118) | 589.2(118) |
| Murder | 43.0(9) | 23.9(5) | 9.8(2) | 29.8(6) | 10.0(2) |
| Rape | 47.7(10) | 124.5(26) | 53.9(11) | 49.7(10) | 10.0(2) |
| Robbery | 128.9(27) | 153.3(32) | 93.2(19) | 134.2(27) | 104.9(21) |
| Aggravated assault | 529.9(111) | 847.8(177) | 652.3(133) | 372.8(75) | 464.4(93) |
| Property crime | 3060.3(641) | 2974.6(621) | 1947.0(397) | 2659.0(535) | 2072.3(415) |
| Burglary | 907.1(190) | 910.1(190) | 446.3(91) | 457.3(92) | 394.5(79) |
| Larceny | 2000.4(419) | 1944.7(406) | 1324.2(270) | 2022.9(407) | 1508.0(302) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 119.4(25) | 115.0(24) | 152.0(31) | 154.1(31) | 154.8(31) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Johnstown, 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 Johnstown 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 Johnstown calculated?
- Johnstown'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 Johnstown 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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