What is the crime rate in Johnstown, PA?

In 2025, the Johnstown Police Department reported 118 violent crimes and 415 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 589 violent and 2,072 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,026 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: 589
Property per 100,000: 2,072
Violent crimes: 118
Property crimes: 415

Crime reported by the Johnstown 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	118	586	535	2,659	20,120
2025	118	589	415	2,072	20,026

Violent crimes reported went from 118 in 2024 to 118 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 535 in 2024 to 415 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.

Johnstown against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Johnstown	589	2,072
Cambria County	180	867
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 Johnstown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Johnstown	—	589	2,072
East Conemaugh	2.3 mi	96	287
Ferndale	2.5 mi	0	0
Stonycreek Township (Cambria County)	2.7 mi	151	1,322
Geistown	3.3 mi	263	351
Conemaugh Township (Cambria County)	3.9 mi	160	106
East Taylor Township	4.5 mi	171	214
Richland Township (Cambria County)	4.9 mi	151	1,942
St. Clair Township	6.2 mi	0	102

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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