Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Reading, PA Crime Grade
How Reading 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
9/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Reading, PA was 257.8 per 100,000 residents (256 incidents over a population of 99,299). That puts Reading Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 13% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Reading #2,420 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 36% of them, and #212 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 63% over the last five years.
Reading, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 257.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,420 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #212 of 240
- Safer than
- 36% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 63%
- Population
- 99,299
- Reporting agency
- Reading Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Reading Police Department (FBI ORI PA0061400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Reading (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Reading 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 | 702.0(621) | 564.4(499) | 464.3(454) | 338.2(331) | 257.8(256) |
| Murder | 21.5(19) | 9.0(8) | 14.3(14) | 7.2(7) | 11.1(11) |
| Rape | 59.9(53) | 28.3(25) | 45.0(44) | 34.7(34) | 14.1(14) |
| Robbery | 249.8(221) | 153.8(136) | 116.6(114) | 100.1(98) | 80.6(80) |
| Aggravated assault | 370.8(328) | 373.3(330) | 288.4(282) | 196.2(192) | 152.1(151) |
| Property crime | 2261.9(2,001) | 1566.5(1,385) | 1712.9(1,675) | 1446.8(1,416) | 1285.0(1,276) |
| Burglary | 681.6(603) | 323.5(286) | 337.5(330) | 233.0(228) | 208.5(207) |
| Larceny | 1347.4(1,192) | 1033.8(914) | 1069.6(1,046) | 972.7(952) | 870.1(864) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 213.6(189) | 199.1(176) | 286.3(280) | 227.9(223) | 201.4(200) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Reading, 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 Reading 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 Reading calculated?
- Reading'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 Reading 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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