Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA Crime Grade
How Lehigh Township, Northampton 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
7/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA was 101.6 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 10,829). That puts Lehigh Township, Northampton County 69% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Lehigh Township, Northampton County #1,149 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 70% of them, and #150 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 118% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 101.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,149 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #150 of 240
- Safer than
- 70% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 118%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 10,829
- Reporting agency
- Lehigh Township Police Department, Northampton County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lehigh Township Police Department, Northampton County (FBI ORI PA0480600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lehigh Township, Northampton County (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lehigh Township, Northampton 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 | 171.8(18) | 278.2(29) | 130.8(14) | 46.6(5) | 101.6(11) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 9.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 36.9(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 9.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 162.2(17) | 268.6(28) | 130.8(14) | 46.6(5) | 55.4(6) |
| Property crime | 830.2(87) | 556.4(58) | 392.3(42) | 456.6(49) | 369.4(40) |
| Burglary | 257.7(27) | 67.1(7) | 46.7(5) | 83.9(9) | 46.2(5) |
| Larceny | 534.4(56) | 460.4(48) | 336.3(36) | 344.8(37) | 295.5(32) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38.2(4) | 28.8(3) | 9.3(1) | 28.0(3) | 27.7(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lehigh Township, Northampton County, 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 Lehigh Township, Northampton County 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 Lehigh Township, Northampton County calculated?
- Lehigh Township, Northampton County'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 Lehigh Township, Northampton County 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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