What is the crime rate in Carlisle, PA?

In 2025, the Carlisle Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 247 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 173 violent and 1,066 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,168 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: 173
Property per 100,000: 1,066
Violent crimes: 40
Property crimes: 247

Crime reported by the Carlisle 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	43	184	302	1,294	23,334
2024	40	173	266	1,149	23,144
2025	40	173	247	1,066	23,168

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 302 in 2023 to 247 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.

Carlisle against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carlisle	173	1,066
Cumberland County	84	723
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 Carlisle, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carlisle	—	173	1,066
North Middleton Township	3.2 mi	54	483
Middlesex Township (Cumberland County)	5.3 mi	172	766
Mount Holly Springs	6.4 mi	0	50
Silver Spring Township	8.5 mi	41	952
Mechanicsburg	10 mi	97	944
Carroll Township (York County)	11 mi	20	289
Upper Allen Township	12 mi	85	331

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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