What is the crime rate in Hazleton, PA?

In 2025, the Hazleton Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 152 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 164 violent and 499 property crimes per 100,000 of the 30,465 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: 164
Property per 100,000: 499
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 152

Crime reported by the Hazleton 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	78	260	160	533	30,035
2024	70	233	149	495	30,079
2025	50	164	152	499	30,465

Violent crimes reported went from 78 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 160 in 2023 to 152 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.

Hazleton against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hazleton	164	499
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 Hazleton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hazleton	—	164	499
West Hazleton	3.2 mi	114	743
McAdoo	3.6 mi	0	283
Conyngham	5.4 mi	55	771
Butler Township (Luzerne County)	6.0 mi	78	631
Freeland	6.3 mi	103	775
Kline Township	6.4 mi	202	739
Rush Township (Schuylkill County)	6.9 mi	0	256
Sugarloaf Township (Luzerne County)	7.1 mi	24	440

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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