What is the crime rate in Allentown, PA?

In 2025, the Allentown Police Department reported 337 violent crimes and 1,829 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 264 violent and 1,435 property crimes per 100,000 of the 127,494 residents it serves.

Across Pennsylvania the rates were 229 and 1,360.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 264
Property per 100,000: 1,435
Violent crimes: 337
Property crimes: 1,829

Crime reported by the Allentown Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	360	289	2,238	1,794	124,782
2024	342	274	1,983	1,592	124,599
2025	337	264	1,829	1,435	127,494

Violent crimes reported went from 360 in 2023 to 337 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,238 in 2023 to 1,829 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Allentown against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Allentown	264	1,435
Lehigh County	160	1,095
Pennsylvania	229	1,360
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Allentown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Allentown	—	264	1,435
Salisbury Township (Lehigh County)	2.6 mi	96	561
South Whitehall Township	3.9 mi	132	1,095
Emmaus	4.2 mi	112	713
Catasauqua	4.3 mi	150	797
Fountain Hill	4.4 mi	102	817
Whitehall Township	4.6 mi	188	1,884
North Catasauqua	4.8 mi	32	379
Coplay	5.4 mi	194	388

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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