Kennedy Township, PA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 2% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kennedy Township, PA shows violent crime at 359.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,748.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 2% 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
359.2/100K violent
1748.3/100K property
+2% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kennedy Township, PA
Position in the state cohort
Kennedy Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 359.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kennedy Township ranks 71 of 838 — above 767 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +450.0% 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
Kennedy Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kennedy Township's 359.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Somerset (358.9), Greenville (365.8), Penn Hills (369.9), West Hazleton (348.1). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 17.0% of the 176 Part I offenses reported in Kennedy Township for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 7.0 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 306.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 359.2 in 2024 (+17.2%). The highest observed value was 461.6 in 2023 and the lowest 24.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Kennedy 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.
Kennedy Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Kennedy Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 176 offenses; mix index 6,032).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
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
-22.2%
461.6 → 359.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+13.6%
1538.8 → 1748.3/100K
Property offenses lead Kennedy Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
Property Crime
146
1748.3
1457.1
Larceny-Theft
134
1604.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
107.8
-
Burglary
3
35.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
359.2
249.5
Aggravated Assault
25
299.4
-
Robbery
3
35.9
-
Rape
2
23.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Kennedy 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.
Kennedy Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Kennedy Township: 359 violent, 1748 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Mount Joy: 24 violent, 407 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Forest City: 12 violent, 72 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
North Coventry Township: 60 violent, 1323 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Brookhaven: 48 violent, 2798 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Downingtown: 95 violent, 2090 property per 100,000 (grade B)
German Township: 154 violent, 71 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Connellsville: 380 violent, 2753 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Pleasant Hills: 12 violent, 1185 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Kennedy Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Kennedy Township NIBRS-participating
Kennedy Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Kennedy Township's 176 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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
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How many crimes were reported in Kennedy Township?
In 2024, Kennedy Township reported 30 violent crimes and 146 property crimes, for a total of 176 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kennedy Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Kennedy Township's violent crime rate decreased by 22.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 13.6%.
What is the most common crime in Kennedy Township?
The most common crime type in Kennedy Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.1% of all reported crimes (134 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Kennedy 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 Kennedy Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.