Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Northampton, PA Crime Grade
How Northampton 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Northampton, PA was 28.8 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 10,414). That puts Northampton 92% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 89% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 250.9.
That ranks Northampton #229 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #47 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 67% year over year and down 74% over the last five years.
Northampton, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 28.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #229 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #47 of 240
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 67%
- 5-year change
- down 74%
- Population
- 10,414
- Reporting agency
- Northampton Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Northampton Police Department (FBI ORI PA0480800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Northampton, PA
Also known as
- Figtown
- Laubachsville
- Siegfried
- Stemton
- Navarro
- Laubach
- Newport
- Siegfrieds Bridge
Location
Area around 11th and 12th Streets in Northampton Borough.
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. Northampton (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Northampton vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 111.6(11) | 20.2(2) | 50.7(5) | 87.4(9) | 28.8(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 10.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 20.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 10.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 10.1(1) | 9.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 81.2(8) | 10.1(1) | 40.5(4) | 68.0(7) | 28.8(3) |
| Property crime | 1035.1(102) | 799.3(79) | 679.0(67) | 514.7(53) | 364.9(38) |
| Burglary | 91.3(9) | 80.9(8) | 10.1(1) | 19.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Larceny | 862.6(85) | 688.0(68) | 598.0(59) | 446.7(46) | 336.1(35) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 81.2(8) | 30.4(3) | 70.9(7) | 48.6(5) | 28.8(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Northampton, 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 Northampton 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 Northampton calculated?
- Northampton'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 Northampton 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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