What is the crime rate in Hanover Township (Luzerne County), PA?

In 2025, the Hanover Township Police Department, Luzerne County reported 28 violent crimes and 97 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 238 violent and 824 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,774 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: 238
Property per 100,000: 824
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 97

Crime reported by the Hanover Township Police Department, Luzerne County, 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	30	262	113	986	11,458
2024	29	251	95	824	11,534
2025	28	238	97	824	11,774

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 113 in 2023 to 97 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.

Hanover Township (Luzerne County) against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hanover Township (Luzerne County)	238	824
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 Hanover Township (Luzerne County), 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hanover Township (Luzerne County)	—	238	824
Sugar Notch	0.7 mi	0	296
Ashley	2.4 mi	189	568
Plymouth	2.9 mi	979	2,197
Rice Township	3.0 mi	26	208
Nanticoke	3.0 mi	121	1,171
Wilkes-Barre	4.7 mi	413	1,533
Wilkes-Barre Township	4.9 mi	495	11,947
Newport Township	4.9 mi	110	243

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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