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State College, PA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

State College has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in State College is 1 in 93. How does State College fare compared to other communities in Pennsylvania of all population sizes? State College's crime rate is lower than approximately 37% of Pennsylvania communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, State College has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, State College is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how State College does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in State College.

For State College, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in State College than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1132, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in State College; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 10 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

State College Crime Data

total Crime Index

45

(100 is safest)


Safer than 45% of U.S. neighborhoods.

State College Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

12

134

146

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.88

9.87

10.75

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.88
2.8
National Median: 4
    State College
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,132

in State College

1 in 357

in Pennsylvania

State College Violent Crimes

Population: 13,582
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
9.87
14.83
National Median: 20
    State College
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 101

in State College

1 in 67

in Pennsylvania

Property Crimes

Population: 13,582
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

State College Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
32
43
National Median: 27.0
    State College
    Pennsylvania