Manheim Township, PA has a A safety grade (87/100) with a violent crime rate of 75 per 100,000, 79% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Manheim Township, PA Crime Rate & Safety
At 63,061 residents, Manheim Township is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against PA and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Manheim Township, PA carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 79% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Manheim Township, PA shows violent crime at 74.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 691.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 79% 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
74.5/100K violent
691.4/100K property
-79% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Manheim Township, PA
Comparable rate records
Manheim Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Manheim Township's 74.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Northern York County Regional (74.8), Emmaus (74.1), Salem Township, Luzerne County (74.1), Franklin Park (74.0). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 110.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 74.5 in 2024 (-32.4%). The highest observed value was 110.3 in 2020 and the lowest 38.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Manheim Township sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 74.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Manheim Township ranks 390 of 838 — above 448 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +14.1% 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.
Property counts dominate Manheim 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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Manheim Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Manheim Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 483 offenses; mix index 7,053).
Violent offenses are only 10% 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
+14.1%
65.3 → 74.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.1%
670.9 → 691.4/100K
Property offenses lead Manheim Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
436
691.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
403
639.1
-
Burglary
23
36.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
15.9
-
Arson
2
3.2
-
Violent Crime
47
74.5
352
Aggravated Assault
38
60.3
-
Robbery
6
9.5
-
Rape
3
4.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Manheim 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.
Manheim Township 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
Manheim Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Manheim Township Summary Reporting (SRS)
Manheim Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Manheim Township's 483 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
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How many crimes were reported in Manheim Township?
In 2024, Manheim Township reported 47 violent crimes and 436 property crimes, for a total of 483 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Manheim Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Manheim Township's violent crime rate increased by 14.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.1%.
What is the most common crime in Manheim Township?
The most common crime type in Manheim Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.4% of all reported crimes (403 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Manheim Township's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Manheim Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.