What is the crime rate in Pottstown, PA?

In 2025, the Pottstown Police Department reported 170 violent crimes and 721 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 721 violent and 3,057 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,584 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: 721
Property per 100,000: 3,057
Violent crimes: 170
Property crimes: 721

Crime reported by the Pottstown 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	181	775	890	3,812	23,350
2024	172	737	737	3,160	23,324
2025	170	721	721	3,057	23,584

Violent crimes reported went from 181 in 2023 to 170 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 890 in 2023 to 721 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.

Pottstown against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pottstown	721	3,057
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 Pottstown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pottstown	—	721	3,057
West Pottsgrove Township	2.1 mi	105	2,065
Upper Pottsgrove Township	2.3 mi	31	280
Lower Pottsgrove Township	2.6 mi	99	623
North Coventry Township	2.8 mi	0	1,024
Douglass Township (Berks County)	3.3 mi	26	360
East Coventry Township	3.7 mi	54	350
New Hanover Township	6.0 mi	14	355
Limerick Township	6.0 mi	23	1,101

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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