What is the crime rate in Jenkins Township, PA?

In 2024, the Jenkins Township Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 28 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 45 violent and 624 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,486 residents it serves.

Across Pennsylvania the rates were 251 and 1,466.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 45
Property per 100,000: 624
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 28

Crime reported by the Jenkins Township Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	1	22	41	920	4,455
2024	2	45	28	624	4,486

Violent crimes reported went from 1 in 2023 to 2 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 41 in 2023 to 28 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Jenkins Township against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Jenkins Township	45	624
Luzerne County	185	1,007
Pennsylvania	251	1,466
United States	363	1,767

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 Jenkins Township, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Jenkins Township	—	45	624
Pittston Township	2.2 mi	152	2,254
Dupont	2.7 mi	39	936
Hughestown	3.3 mi	147	367
Avoca	3.7 mi	39	351
Pittston	3.7 mi	65	496
Plains Township	4.0 mi	169	1,682
Duryea	4.9 mi	135	368
Moosic	5.3 mi	331	580

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

The figures for Jenkins Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Inkerman.

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