Connellsville, PA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a D PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 8% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Connellsville, PA shows violent crime at 379.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,753.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
379.8/100K violent
2753.4/100K property
+8% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Connellsville, PA
Position in the state cohort
Connellsville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 379.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Connellsville ranks 64 of 838 — above 774 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +481.4% 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.
Comparable rate records
Connellsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Connellsville's 379.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Quakertown (379.8), West Mifflin (379.6), Coraopolis (378.9), Glassport (376.6). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 565.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 379.8 in 2024 (-32.9%). The highest observed value was 565.8 in 2020 and the lowest 191.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Connellsville'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Connellsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.2 Census sq mi, Connellsville logged 106.3 property and 14.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Connellsville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 264 offenses; mix index 6,558).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.2 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
-22.2%
3537.5 → 2753.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-17.6%
460.8 → 379.8/100K
Property offenses lead Connellsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
vs US avg
Property Crime
232
2753.4
1457.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
211
2504.2
-
-
Burglary
18
213.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
35.6
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
32
379.8
249.5
352
Aggravated Assault
29
344.2
-
-
Robbery
3
35.6
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Connellsville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Connellsville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Kennedy Township: 359 violent, 1748 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Mount Joy: 24 violent, 407 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Jeannette: 551 violent, 609 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Connellsville Police Department
Reporting agency for Connellsville Summary Reporting (SRS)
Connellsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Connellsville's 264 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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In 2024, Connellsville reported 32 violent crimes and 232 property crimes, for a total of 264 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Connellsville?
From 2023 to 2024, Connellsville's violent crime rate decreased by 17.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.2%.
What is the most common crime in Connellsville?
The most common crime type in Connellsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.9% of all reported crimes (211 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Connellsville is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Connellsville, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.