Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Palmer Township, PA Crime Grade
How Palmer Township 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
1/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Palmer Township, PA was 13.2 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 22,687). That puts Palmer Township 96% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 94% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Palmer Township #82 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #13 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 67% year over year and down 78% over the last five years.
Palmer Township, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 13.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #82 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #13 of 240
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 67%
- 5-year change
- down 78%
- Population
- 22,687
- Reporting agency
- Palmer Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Palmer Township Police Department (FBI ORI PA0480900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Palmer Township, PA
Also known as
- Palmer Mine
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. Palmer Township (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Palmer Township 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 | 60.4(13) | 23.2(5) | 71.1(16) | 40.1(9) | 13.2(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(1) |
| Rape | 9.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 8.9(2) | 8.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 13.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 22.2(5) | 4.5(1) | 4.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 37.2(8) | 23.2(5) | 40.0(9) | 26.8(6) | 4.4(1) |
| Property crime | 1227.2(264) | 767.2(165) | 1360.5(306) | 1333.5(299) | 930.0(211) |
| Burglary | 134.8(29) | 27.9(6) | 44.5(10) | 62.4(14) | 30.9(7) |
| Larceny | 1073.8(231) | 720.7(155) | 1222.7(275) | 1213.0(272) | 833.1(189) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 18.6(4) | 18.6(4) | 93.4(21) | 58.0(13) | 61.7(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Palmer Township, 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 Palmer Township 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 Palmer Township calculated?
- Palmer Township'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 Palmer Township 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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