Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Northern Lancaster County Regional, PA Crime Grade
How Northern Lancaster County Regional 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
3/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Northern Lancaster County Regional, PA was 35.6 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 42,131). That puts Northern Lancaster County Regional Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 84% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Northern Lancaster County Regional #308 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 92% of them, and #60 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Northern Lancaster County Regional, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 35.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #308 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #60 of 240
- Safer than
- 92% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 42,131
- Reporting agency
- Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department (FBI ORI PA0365800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Northern Lancaster County Regional (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Northern Lancaster County Regional 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 55.4(20) | 49.3(18) | 62.9(26) | 38.5(16) | 35.6(15) |
| Murder | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.5(2) | 13.7(5) | 14.5(6) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 8.3(3) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(2) | 4.8(2) | 11.9(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 38.8(14) | 35.6(13) | 43.6(18) | 26.4(11) | 23.7(10) |
| Property crime | 376.8(136) | 397.2(145) | 358.2(148) | 391.7(163) | 348.9(147) |
| Burglary | 69.3(25) | 35.6(13) | 36.3(15) | 36.0(15) | 21.4(9) |
| Larceny | 268.8(97) | 293.1(107) | 290.4(120) | 319.6(133) | 239.7(101) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38.8(14) | 65.7(24) | 31.5(13) | 33.6(14) | 87.8(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Northern Lancaster County Regional, 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 Northern Lancaster County Regional 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 Northern Lancaster County Regional calculated?
- Northern Lancaster County Regional'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 Northern Lancaster County Regional 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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