Harmar Township, PA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 62% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harmar Township, PA shows violent crime at 133.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,274.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 62% 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
133.8/100K violent
2274.2/100K property
-62% vs U.S.
The verdict
Harmar Township earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 62% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-62%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
61st
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,274.2
property crimes per 100K
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,990. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harmar Township, PA
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 66.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 133.8 in 2024 (+101.1%). The highest observed value was 363.5 in 2023 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Harmar Township reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,990. 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
Harmar Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Harmar Township's 133.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Tullytown (133.9), Cambridge Springs (133.9), Charleroi Regional (134.2), Archbald (133.2). 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
Harmar Township sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 133.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harmar Township ranks 242 of 838 — above 596 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +104.8% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 5.6% of the 72 Part I offenses reported in Harmar Township for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 4.4 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.
Property counts dominate Harmar 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.
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,990. 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.
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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-63.2%
363.5 → 133.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+34.9%
1685.4 → 2274.2/100K
Property offenses lead Harmar Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
Property Crime
68
2274.2
1457.1
Larceny-Theft
63
2107
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
167.2
-
Burglary
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
4
133.8
249.5
Rape
3
100.3
-
Robbery
1
33.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
Harmar 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.
Harmar Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,274.2/100K↑34.9%vs 2023
Harmar Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
133.8/100K↓63.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,006
66.5
1663.3
52
2021
Insufficient reporting
2,989
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
3,059
130.8
1634.5
54
2023
Comparable
3,026
363.5
1685.4
62
2024
Comparable
2,990
133.8
2274.2
72
How Harmar Township sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Harmar Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Harmar Township's crime figures on this page originate from Harmar Township Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Harmar Township in population. Their populations run from 2,934 to 3,030, against 2,990 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Harmar Township's 133.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Harmar Township has a violent crime rate of 133.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2274.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Harmar Township, PA safe? ▼
Harmar Township receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 67/100. The violent crime rate is 62% below the national average and 46% below the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Harmar Township, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Harmar Township is 2,990 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Harmar Township? ▼
In 2024, Harmar Township reported 4 violent crimes and 68 property crimes, for a total of 72 reported offenses.
How do Harmar Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Harmar Township recorded about one reported offense per 42 residents and one reported violent offense per 748 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Harmar Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Harmar Township's violent crime rate decreased by 63.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 34.9%.
What is the most common crime in Harmar Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Harmar Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 87.5% of all reported crimes (63 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Harmar 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 Harmar Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.