Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wilkes-Barre, PA Crime Grade
How Wilkes-Barre 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
10/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wilkes-Barre, PA was 413.3 per 100,000 residents (185 incidents over a population of 44,758). That puts Wilkes-Barre Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 81% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Wilkes-Barre #3,071 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #223 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Wilkes-Barre, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 413.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,071 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #223 of 240
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 44,758
- Reporting agency
- Wilkes-Barre Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wilkes-Barre Police Department (FBI ORI PA0401300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wilkes-Barre, PA
Also known as
- Wilkesbarre
- Fort Durkee
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. Wilkes-Barre (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wilkes-Barre 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 553.1(225) | 397.8(177) | 413.4(183) | 431.6(191) | 413.3(185) |
| Murder | 7.4(3) | 2.2(1) | 9.0(4) | 9.0(4) | 2.2(1) |
| Rape | 66.4(27) | 38.2(17) | 45.2(20) | 42.9(19) | 40.2(18) |
| Robbery | 137.6(56) | 60.7(27) | 81.3(36) | 56.5(25) | 55.9(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 341.7(139) | 296.6(132) | 277.9(123) | 323.1(143) | 315.0(141) |
| Property crime | 1853.4(754) | 1633.8(727) | 1540.6(682) | 1568.2(694) | 1532.7(686) |
| Burglary | 260.6(106) | 191.0(85) | 155.9(69) | 165.0(73) | 158.6(71) |
| Larceny | 1349.5(549) | 1303.5(580) | 1285.4(569) | 1281.2(567) | 1260.1(564) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 226.1(92) | 116.9(52) | 81.3(36) | 110.7(49) | 105.0(47) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wilkes-Barre, 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 Wilkes-Barre 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 Wilkes-Barre calculated?
- Wilkes-Barre'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 Wilkes-Barre 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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