What is the crime rate in Harrisburg, PA?

In 2025, the Harrisburg Police Department reported 322 violent crimes and 927 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 634 violent and 1,825 property crimes per 100,000 of the 50,789 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: 634
Property per 100,000: 1,825
Violent crimes: 322
Property crimes: 927

Crime reported by the Harrisburg 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	538	1,071	1,000	1,991	50,229
2024	388	776	1,002	2,005	49,985
2025	322	634	927	1,825	50,789

Violent crimes reported went from 538 in 2023 to 322 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,000 in 2023 to 927 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.

Harrisburg against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Harrisburg	634	1,825
Dauphin County	250	1,087
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 Harrisburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Harrisburg	—	634	1,825
Penbrook	1.9 mi	307	858
East Pennsboro Township	2.9 mi	55	536
Susquehanna Township (Dauphin County)	2.9 mi	143	972
Camp Hill	3.2 mi	48	424
New Cumberland	3.3 mi	78	784
Steelton	4.7 mi	799	1,285
Swatara Township (Dauphin County)	4.7 mi	152	2,136
Marysville	4.9 mi	37	657

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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