Lebanon, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lebanon, PA shows violent crime at 152.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,124.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
152.4/100K violent
1124.2/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lebanon, PA
Comparable rate records
Lebanon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lebanon's 152.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Lehighton (152.1), State College (152.8), Swatara Township (153.1), Lower Swatara Township (151.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Lebanon reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 152.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lebanon ranks 209 of 838 — above 629 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +133.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 227.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 152.4 in 2024 (-33.0%). The highest observed value was 227.6 in 2020 and the lowest 22.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lebanon'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Lebanon's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.2 Census sq mi, Lebanon logged 70.8 property and 9.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lebanon's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 335 offenses; mix index 5,161).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-21.4%
193.8 → 152.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-23%
1459.2 → 1124.2/100K
Property offenses lead Lebanon's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
295
1124.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
235
895.5
-
Burglary
36
137.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
24
91.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
40
152.4
352
Aggravated Assault
27
102.9
-
Robbery
8
30.5
-
Rape
5
19.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Lebanon 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.
Lebanon property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Lebanon Police Department
Reporting agency for Lebanon NIBRS-participating
Lebanon Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lebanon's 335 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Lebanon in population. Their populations run from 25,975 to 26,615, against 26,241 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lebanon reported 40 violent crimes and 295 property crimes, for a total of 335 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lebanon?
From 2023 to 2024, Lebanon's violent crime rate decreased by 21.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23%.
What is the most common crime in Lebanon?
The most common crime type in Lebanon is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.1% of all reported crimes (235 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lebanon 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 Lebanon, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.