Darby Township, PA carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 65% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Darby Township, PA shows violent crime at 581.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,569.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
581.6/100K violent
1569.2/100K property
+65% vs U.S.
The verdict
Darby Township earns a D safety grade: violent crime runs 65% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
D
PlainCrime safety grade
+65%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
10th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,569.2
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Darby Township, PA
Position in the state cohort
Darby Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 581.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Darby Township ranks 31 of 838 — above 807 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +790.4% 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
Darby Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Darby Township's 581.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wilkinsburg (586.3), Johnstown (586.5), Eddystone (576.6), Jeannette (550.7). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 27.0% of the 196 Part I offenses reported in Darby Township for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 17.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 506.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 581.6 in 2024 (+14.8%). The highest observed value was 581.6 in 2024 and the lowest 341.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Darby Township'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
+67.9%
934.7 → 1569.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+39.2%
417.9 → 581.6/100K
Property offenses lead Darby Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
143
1569.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
119
1305.8
-
Burglary
14
153.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
109.7
-
Arson
1
11
-
Violent Crime
53
581.6
352
Aggravated Assault
48
526.7
-
Robbery
4
43.9
-
Rape
1
11
-
Murder
0
0
-
Darby Township 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.
Darby Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,569.2/100K↑67.9%vs 2023
Darby Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
581.6/100K↑39.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
9,281
506.4
1152.9
154
2021
Insufficient reporting
9,275
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
9,086
341.2
792.4
103
2023
Comparable
9,094
417.9
934.7
123
2024
Comparable
9,113
581.6
1569.2
196
How Darby Township sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Darby Township Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Darby Township's crime figures on this page originate from Darby Township 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 Darby Township in population. Their populations run from 8,924 to 9,265, against 9,113 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Darby Township's 581.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Darby Township has a violent crime rate of 581.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1569.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Darby Township, PA safe? ▼
Darby Township receives a safety grade of D (Below Average), with a safety score of 28/100. The violent crime rate is 65% above the national average and 133% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Darby Township, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Darby Township is 9,113 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Darby Township? ▼
In 2024, Darby Township reported 53 violent crimes and 143 property crimes, for a total of 196 reported offenses.
How do Darby Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Darby Township recorded about one reported offense per 46 residents and one reported violent offense per 172 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Darby Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Darby Township's violent crime rate increased by 39.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 67.9%.
What is the most common crime in Darby Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Darby Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.7% of all reported crimes (119 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Darby Township 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 Darby Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.