What is the crime rate in Bethlehem, PA?

In 2025, the Bethlehem Police Department reported 158 violent crimes and 998 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 196 violent and 1,241 property crimes per 100,000 of the 80,424 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: 196
Property per 100,000: 1,241
Violent crimes: 158
Property crimes: 998

Crime reported by the Bethlehem 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	139	177	1,256	1,598	78,606
2024	166	210	1,124	1,419	79,194
2025	158	196	998	1,241	80,424

Violent crimes reported went from 139 in 2023 to 158 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,256 in 2023 to 998 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.

Bethlehem against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bethlehem	196	1,241
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 Bethlehem, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bethlehem	—	196	1,241
Freemansburg	1.5 mi	0	167
Fountain Hill	2.2 mi	102	817
Hellertown	3.5 mi	114	589
Salisbury Township (Lehigh County)	3.8 mi	96	561
Bethlehem Township	3.9 mi	41	887
Lower Saucon Township	4.1 mi	144	243
Catasauqua	5.2 mi	150	797
North Catasauqua	6.1 mi	32	379

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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