Jeannette, PA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 56% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jeannette, PA shows violent crime at 550.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 609.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 56% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
550.7/100K violent
609.3/100K property
+56% vs U.S.
The verdict
Jeannette earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 56% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+56%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
12th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
609.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jeannette, PA
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 255.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 550.7 in 2024 (+115.8%). The highest observed value was 839.2 in 2023 and the lowest 255.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 47.5% of the 99 Part I offenses reported in Jeannette for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 37.5 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.
Position in the state cohort
Jeannette reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 550.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jeannette ranks 33 of 838 — above 805 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +743.2% 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
Jeannette's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jeannette's 550.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Conewango Township (541.0), Ashley (536.8), Folcroft (536.0), York (530.1). 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.
Jeannette's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters 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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-34.4%
839.2 → 550.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23.1%
792.5 → 609.3/100K
Jeannette's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
Property Crime
52
609.3
1457.1
Larceny-Theft
46
539
-
Burglary
6
70.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
47
550.7
249.5
Aggravated Assault
46
539
-
Rape
1
11.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Jeannette Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jeannette violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
550.7/100K↓34.4%vs 2023
Jeannette property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
609.3/100K↓23.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
9,011
255.2
344
54
2021
Comparable
8,936
458.8
436.4
80
2022
Comparable
8,636
752.7
347.4
95
2023
Comparable
8,580
839.2
792.5
140
2024
Comparable
8,534
550.7
609.3
99
How Jeannette sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Jeannette Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Jeannette's crime figures on this page originate from Jeannette 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 Jeannette in population. Their populations run from 8,388 to 8,654, against 8,534 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Jeannette's 550.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Jeannette has a violent crime rate of 550.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 609.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Jeannette, PA safe? ▼
Jeannette receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 40/100. The violent crime rate is 56% above the national average and 121% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Jeannette, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Jeannette is 8,534 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Jeannette? ▼
In 2024, Jeannette reported 47 violent crimes and 52 property crimes, for a total of 99 reported offenses.
How do Jeannette's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Jeannette recorded about one reported offense per 86 residents and one reported violent offense per 182 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jeannette? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Jeannette's violent crime rate decreased by 34.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.1%.
What is the most common crime in Jeannette? ▼
The most common crime type in Jeannette is larceny-theft, accounting for 46.5% of all reported crimes (46 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Jeannette 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 Jeannette, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.