Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA Crime Grade
How Penn Township, Westmoreland 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
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 Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA was 0.0 per 100,000 residents (0 incidents over a population of 20,847). That puts Penn Township, Westmoreland County 100% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 100% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Penn Township, Westmoreland County #17 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 100% of them, and #1 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 100% year over year and down 100% over the last five years.
Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 0.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #17 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #1 of 240
- Safer than
- 100% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 100%
- 5-year change
- down 100%
- Population
- 20,847
- Reporting agency
- Penn Township Police Department, Westmoreland County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Penn Township Police Department, Westmoreland County (FBI ORI PA0651100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Penn Township, Westmoreland County (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Penn Township, Westmoreland 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 | 155.5(30) | 5.2(1) | 19.3(4) | 14.5(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 155.5(30) | 5.2(1) | 19.3(4) | 14.5(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 5.2(1) | 83.0(16) | 87.0(18) | 28.9(6) | 0.0(0) |
| Burglary | 5.2(1) | 5.2(1) | 14.5(3) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Larceny | 0.0(0) | 72.6(14) | 67.6(14) | 19.3(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Penn Township, Westmoreland 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 Penn Township, Westmoreland 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 Penn Township, Westmoreland County calculated?
- Penn Township, Westmoreland 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 Penn Township, Westmoreland 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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