What is the crime rate in Wilkes-Barre Township, PA?

In 2025, the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 386 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 495 violent and 11,947 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,231 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: 495
Property per 100,000: 11,947
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 386

Crime reported by the Wilkes-Barre Township 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	13	405	396	12,325	3,213
2024	8	249	373	11,591	3,218
2025	16	495	386	11,947	3,231

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 396 in 2023 to 386 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.

Wilkes-Barre Township against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wilkes-Barre Township	495	11,947
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 Wilkes-Barre Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wilkes-Barre Township	—	495	11,947
Wilkes-Barre	1.2 mi	413	1,533
Ashley	2.5 mi	189	568
Kingston	2.6 mi	90	1,435
Plains Township	3.2 mi	169	1,682
Forty Fort	3.3 mi	0	23
Luzerne	4.1 mi	145	904
Swoyersville	4.5 mi	39	469
Sugar Notch	4.6 mi	0	296

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

The figures for Wilkes-Barre Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Georgetown (community).

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