Connellsville, PA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Connellsville earns a D safety grade: violent crime runs 8% above the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
D
PlainCrime safety grade
+8%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
22nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,753.4
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
2,753.4/100K↓22.2%vs 2023
Connellsville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
379.8/100K↓17.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,247
565.8
2801.2
244
2021
Insufficient reporting
7,244
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
6,798
191.2
1265.1
99
2023
Comparable
6,728
460.8
3537.5
269
2024
Comparable
8,426
379.8
2753.4
264
How Connellsville sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Connellsville Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Connellsville's crime figures on this page originate from Connellsville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Connellsville in population. Their populations run from 8,349 to 8,534, against 8,426 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Connellsville's 379.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Connellsville has a violent crime rate of 379.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2753.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Connellsville, PA safe? ▼
Connellsville receives a safety grade of D (Below Average), with a safety score of 38/100. The violent crime rate is 8% above the national average and 52% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Connellsville, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Connellsville is 8,426 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Connellsville? ▼
In 2024, Connellsville reported 32 violent crimes and 232 property crimes, for a total of 264 reported offenses.
How do Connellsville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Connellsville recorded about one reported offense per 32 residents and one reported violent offense per 263 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.