What is the crime rate in Emmaus, PA?

In 2025, the Emmaus Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 89 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 112 violent and 713 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,490 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: 112
Property per 100,000: 713
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 89

Crime reported by the Emmaus Police Department, 2024 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
2024	9	74	106	873	12,146
2025	14	112	89	713	12,490

Violent crimes reported went from 9 in 2024 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 106 in 2024 to 89 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.

Emmaus against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Emmaus	112	713
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 Emmaus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Emmaus	—	112	713
Macungie	3.2 mi	122	0
Allentown	4.2 mi	264	1,435
Upper Saucon Township	4.8 mi	59	323
Salisbury Township (Lehigh County)	5.6 mi	96	561
Alburtis	5.7 mi	0	228
Coopersburg	5.8 mi	39	783
South Whitehall Township	6.3 mi	132	1,095
Upper Macungie Township	7.0 mi	7	390

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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