Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Scranton, PA Crime Grade
How Scranton 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 Scranton, PA was 327.0 per 100,000 residents (248 incidents over a population of 75,837). That puts Scranton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Scranton (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Scranton 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 403.5(309) | 419.5(318) | 311.8(236) | 286.7(217) | 327.0(248) |
| Murder | 1.3(1) | 1.3(1) | 4.0(3) | 9.2(7) | 4.0(3) |
| Rape | 143.6(110) | 155.7(118) | 91.2(69) | 96.5(73) | 110.8(84) |
| Robbery | 37.9(29) | 44.9(34) | 29.1(22) | 31.7(24) | 29.0(22) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.7(169) | 217.7(165) | 187.6(142) | 149.3(113) | 183.3(139) |
| Property crime | 1431.2(1,096) | 1724.3(1,307) | 1437.5(1,088) | 1379.4(1,044) | 1314.7(997) |
| Burglary | 229.8(176) | 178.1(135) | 231.2(175) | 192.9(146) | 182.0(138) |
| Larceny | 983.3(753) | 1410.3(1,069) | 1079.4(817) | 1038.5(786) | 995.6(755) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 193.3(148) | 118.7(90) | 112.3(85) | 130.8(99) | 127.9(97) |
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: Scranton'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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