What is the crime rate in Nanticoke, PA?

In 2025, the Nanticoke Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 126 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 121 violent and 1,171 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,759 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: 121
Property per 100,000: 1,171
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 126

Crime reported by the Nanticoke 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	18	170	176	1,659	10,606
2024	28	264	158	1,488	10,616
2025	13	121	126	1,171	10,759

Violent crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 13 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 176 in 2023 to 126 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.

Nanticoke against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Nanticoke	121	1,171
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 Nanticoke, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Nanticoke	—	121	1,171
Newport Township	2.1 mi	110	243
Hanover Township (Luzerne County)	3.0 mi	238	824
Sugar Notch	3.6 mi	0	296
Plymouth	3.7 mi	979	2,197
Rice Township	4.9 mi	26	208
Ashley	5.3 mi	189	568
Jackson Township (Luzerne County)	5.6 mi	0	218
Lehman Township (Luzerne County)	7.1 mi	115	144

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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