What is the crime rate in Norristown, PA?

In 2025, the Norristown Police Department reported 176 violent crimes and 655 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 487 violent and 1,811 property crimes per 100,000 of the 36,161 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: 487
Property per 100,000: 1,811
Violent crimes: 176
Property crimes: 655

Crime reported by the Norristown 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	149	416	691	1,930	35,804
2024	161	450	709	1,982	35,764
2025	176	487	655	1,811	36,161

Violent crimes reported went from 149 in 2023 to 176 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 691 in 2023 to 655 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.

Norristown against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Norristown	487	1,811
Montgomery County	107	1,492
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 Norristown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Norristown	—	487	1,811
Bridgeport	1.3 mi	109	3,181
West Norriton Township	2.1 mi	97	1,305
East Norriton Township	2.1 mi	145	1,439
Plymouth Township (Montgomery County)	2.4 mi	144	4,880
Upper Merion Township	3.1 mi	40	2,581
Conshohocken	3.6 mi	32	822
West Conshohocken	3.7 mi	1,059	993
Whitpain Township	4.0 mi	5	362

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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