Carlisle, PA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 52% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Carlisle, PA shows violent crime at 168.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,145 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
168.5/100K violent
1145/100K property
-52% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Carlisle, PA
Comparable rate records
Carlisle's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Carlisle's 168.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Allegheny Township, Blair County (168.8), Kutztown (168.0), Grove City (167.8), Upper Chichester Township (167.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Carlisle reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 168.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Carlisle ranks 180 of 838 — above 658 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +158.0% against the cohort median of 65.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 239.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 168.5 in 2024 (-29.5%). The highest observed value was 247.1 in 2022 and the lowest 168.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Carlisle's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Carlisle's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.5 Census sq mi, Carlisle logged 47.9 property and 7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Carlisle's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 304 offenses; mix index 5,607).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-11.5%
1294.2 → 1145/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-8.6%
184.3 → 168.5/100K
Property offenses lead Carlisle's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
265
1145
1711
Larceny-Theft
224
967.9
-
Burglary
30
129.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
47.5
-
Arson
2
8.6
-
Violent Crime
39
168.5
352
Aggravated Assault
23
99.4
-
Rape
6
25.9
-
Murder
5
21.6
-
Robbery
5
21.6
-
Carlisle Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Carlisle property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Carlisle Police Department
Reporting agency for Carlisle NIBRS-participating
Carlisle Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Carlisle's 304 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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In 2024, Carlisle reported 39 violent crimes and 265 property crimes, for a total of 304 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Carlisle?
From 2023 to 2024, Carlisle's violent crime rate decreased by 8.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 11.5%.
What is the most common crime in Carlisle?
The most common crime type in Carlisle is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.7% of all reported crimes (224 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Carlisle figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Carlisle, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.