Allentown, PA crime rate
In 2025 the Allentown Police Department reported 264.3 violent crimes and 1,434.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Pennsylvania and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Allentown compare with Pennsylvania and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Allentown only.
What offenses were reported in Allentown, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Pennsylvania | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 337 | 264.3 | 226.8 | 327.6 | down 3.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | down 3.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 55 | 43.1 | 26.0 | 36.1 | up 57.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 91 | 71.4 | 44.7 | 49.4 | up 23.5% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 187 | 146.7 | 151.9 | 238.0 | down 21.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 1,829 | 1,434.6 | 1,323.8 | 1,534.8 | down 9.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 135 | 105.9 | 104.5 | 193.6 | down 13.8% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 1,480 | 1,160.8 | 1,032.7 | 1,144.1 | down 8.0% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 207 | 162.4 | 186.5 | 197.0 | down 17.7% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 7 | 5.5 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 37.5% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Allentown Police Department and sent to the FBI. Pennsylvania and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported; 2022: partial year: 6 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Allentown | United States | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 281.8 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 6 of 12 months | 388.7 | 287.2 |
| 2023 | 288.5 | 379.5 | 267.9 |
| 2024 | 274.5 | 362.9 | 250.1 |
| 2025 | 264.3 | 327.6 | 226.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported; 2022: partial year: 6 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Allentown | United States | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 1,246.3 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 6 of 12 months | 1,973.8 | 1,503.4 |
| 2023 | 1,793.5 | 1,934.1 | 1,564.5 |
| 2024 | 1,591.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,447.6 |
| 2025 | 1,434.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,323.8 |
Is Allentown safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Allentown Police Department reported, 264.3 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Pennsylvania's 226.8, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 3.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025 Allentown's police had 337 violent crimes reported to the FBI, or 264.3 per 100,000 residents covered by the Allentown Police Department. That was above the Pennsylvania estimate of 226.8, and below the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came in at 1,434.6 per 100,000, close to the state's 1,323.8 and the national 1,534.8.
Only 3 of the last 5 years are complete: the FBI has no 2021 data from the department, and 2022 is a partial year, 6 of 12 months. From 2023 to 2025 violent crime fell 8.4% and property crime 20.0%. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses in that time, 41.8%, to 105.9 per 100,000.
Rape rose 79.6% from 2023, to 43.1 per 100,000, while aggravated assault fell 14.5%. Aggravated assault was still 55% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft fell 17.7% in the last year, to 162.4 per 100,000, below the US rate of 197.0.
The city recorded 4 homicides in 2025, a rate of 3.1 per 100,000. The department switched to NIBRS in 2024 and sent all 12 months in each of the last 3 years.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.86 per 1,000 residents (215 officers, 22 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Pennsylvania cities
The nearest Pennsylvania cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Allentown Police Department (ORI PA0390100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Pennsylvania and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PA0390100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Allentown Police Department (PA0390100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_PA0390100__from-2021-to-2025.json)