What is the crime rate in Lancaster, PA?

In 2025, the Lancaster Police Department reported 219 violent crimes and 808 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 374 violent and 1,380 property crimes per 100,000 of the 58,569 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: 374
Property per 100,000: 1,380
Violent crimes: 219
Property crimes: 808

Crime reported by the Lancaster Police Department, 2025 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
2025	219	374	808	1,380	58,569

Lancaster against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lancaster	374	1,380
Lancaster County	95	643
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 Lancaster, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lancaster	—	374	1,380
Manheim Township (Lancaster County)	3.4 mi	76	1,061
Millersville	3.7 mi	0	505
West Lampeter Township	4.1 mi	29	427
East Lampeter Township	4.6 mi	89	1,214
East Hempfield Township	5.2 mi	73	768
Manor Township (Lancaster County)	7.2 mi	27	213
Strasburg	7.3 mi	32	97
Lititz	7.7 mi	10	438

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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