What is the crime rate in Altoona, PA?

In 2025, the Altoona Police Department reported 121 violent crimes and 650 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 285 violent and 1,532 property crimes per 100,000 of the 42,434 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: 285
Property per 100,000: 1,532
Violent crimes: 121
Property crimes: 650

Crime reported by the Altoona 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	122	286	791	1,854	42,666
2024	142	335	794	1,872	42,424
2025	121	285	650	1,532	42,434

Violent crimes reported went from 122 in 2023 to 121 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 791 in 2023 to 650 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.

Altoona against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Altoona	285	1,532
Blair County	152	1,174
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 Altoona, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Altoona	—	285	1,532
Logan Township (Blair County)	1.9 mi	41	1,296
Hollidaysburg	5.3 mi	109	562
Allegheny Township (Blair County)	5.5 mi	76	3,846
Duncansville	5.9 mi	0	83
Bellwood	7.3 mi	0	228
Blair Township	7.5 mi	107	731
Gallitzin Township	7.9 mi	80	0
Gallitzin	8.3 mi	0	60

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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