Eastern Berks Regional, PA has a A safety grade (87/100) with a violent crime rate of 68 per 100,000, 81% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city
Eastern Berks Regional, PA Crime Rate & Safety
Eastern Berks Regional (10,246 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then PA and national benchmarks.
Eastern Berks Regional, PA is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 81% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Eastern Berks Regional, PA shows violent crime at 68.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 712.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 81% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
68.3/100K violent
712.5/100K property
-81% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Eastern Berks Regional, PA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Eastern Berks Regional reported 7 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 10,246. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Eastern Berks Regional's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Eastern Berks Regional's 68.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Souderton (68.4), West Brandywine Township (68.1), Ferguson Township (68.6), Hatfield Township (67.6). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Eastern Berks Regional sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 68.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Eastern Berks Regional ranks 415 of 838 — above 423 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +4.6% 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.
2022–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 68.2 per 100,000 in 2022 to 68.3 in 2024 (+0.2%). The highest observed value was 87.9 in 2023 and the lowest 68.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Eastern Berks Regional'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.
Based on 7 reported violent incidents in a population of 10,246. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Eastern Berks Regional's 2024 municipal footprint
Eastern Berks Regional's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 80 offenses; mix index 5,498).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-22.3%
87.9 → 68.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-9.9%
791.2 → 712.5/100K
Property offenses lead Eastern Berks Regional's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
73
712.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
58
566.1
-
Burglary
9
87.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
58.6
-
Arson
1
9.8
-
Violent Crime
7
68.3
352
Aggravated Assault
6
58.6
-
Rape
1
9.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Eastern Berks Regional Crime Trend (2022-2024)
Eastern Berks Regional property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Eastern Berks Regional: 68 violent, 713 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Berwick: 59 violent, 1054 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Munhall: 117 violent, 1375 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Mechanicsburg: 59 violent, 1276 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Butler Township, Luzerne County: 79 violent, 852 property per 100,000 (grade A)
East Brandywine Township: 48 violent, 106 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Northampton: 29 violent, 365 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Beaver Valley Regional: 209 violent, 407 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Columbia: 297 violent, 2030 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Eastern Berks Regional Police Department
Reporting agency for Eastern Berks Regional Summary Reporting (SRS)
Eastern Berks Regional Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Eastern Berks Regional's 80 reported offenses (3-year span 2022-2024).
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 Eastern Berks Regional in population. Their populations run from 10,063 to 10,445, against 10,246 here. Or use our
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How many crimes were reported in Eastern Berks Regional?
In 2024, Eastern Berks Regional reported 7 violent crimes and 73 property crimes, for a total of 80 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Eastern Berks Regional?
From 2023 to 2024, Eastern Berks Regional's violent crime rate decreased by 22.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.9%.
What is the most common crime in Eastern Berks Regional?
The most common crime type in Eastern Berks Regional is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.5% of all reported crimes (58 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Eastern Berks Regional 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 Eastern Berks Regional, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.