Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pottstown, PA Crime Grade
How Pottstown 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
10/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pottstown, PA was 720.8 per 100,000 residents (170 incidents over a population of 23,584). That puts Pottstown 122% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 215% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Pottstown (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pottstown 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 717.9(163) | 817.6(185) | 775.2(181) | 737.4(172) | 720.8(170) |
| Murder | 22.0(5) | 13.3(3) | 8.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 136.5(31) | 70.7(16) | 81.4(19) | 107.2(25) | 97.5(23) |
| Robbery | 118.9(27) | 101.7(23) | 162.7(38) | 128.6(30) | 178.1(42) |
| Aggravated assault | 440.4(100) | 632.0(143) | 522.5(122) | 501.6(117) | 445.2(105) |
| Property crime | 3127.1(710) | 2673.9(605) | 3811.6(890) | 3159.8(737) | 3057.2(721) |
| Burglary | 475.7(108) | 260.8(59) | 402.6(94) | 287.3(67) | 220.5(52) |
| Larceny | 2448.8(556) | 2196.6(497) | 3122.1(729) | 2602.5(607) | 2463.5(581) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 180.6(41) | 212.1(48) | 274.1(64) | 214.4(50) | 356.2(84) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Pottstown's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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