Millvale, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Millvale, PA shows violent crime at 186.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 591.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% 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
186.8/100K violent
591.5/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Millvale, PA
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 82.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 186.8 in 2024 (+127.0%). The highest observed value was 186.8 in 2024 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
Millvale reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,212. 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
Millvale's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Millvale's 186.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sayre (186.2), Perryopolis (187.6), Union Township, Lawrence County (185.6), Pocono Mountain Regional (189.9). 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
Millvale reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 186.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Millvale ranks 158 of 838 — above 680 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +186.0% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 24.0% of the 25 Part I offenses reported in Millvale for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 14.0 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.
Property counts dominate Millvale'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,212. 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.
Millvale's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 0.6 Census sq mi, Millvale logged 30.7 property and 9.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Millvale's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 25 offenses; mix index 5,264).
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (0.6 sq mi); 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
+21.5%
153.8 → 186.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.2%
584.4 → 591.5/100K
Property offenses lead Millvale's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
19
591.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
17
529.3
-
Burglary
2
62.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
6
186.8
352
Aggravated Assault
6
186.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Millvale 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.
Millvale 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 averagesRead the chart as a list
Millvale: 187 violent, 592 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Wilkes-Barre Township: 249 violent, 11560 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Athens: 93 violent, 1212 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Ingram: 31 violent, 1087 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Trafford: 155 violent, 714 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Mount Oliver: 931 violent, 3105 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Blairsville: 219 violent, 1313 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Pittston Township: 217 violent, 3347 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Springdale: 155 violent, 742 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Millvale Police Department
Reporting agency for Millvale NIBRS-participating
Millvale Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Millvale's 25 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 Millvale in population. Their populations run from 3,199 to 3,233, against 3,212 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Millvale reported 6 violent crimes and 19 property crimes, for a total of 25 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Millvale?
From 2023 to 2024, Millvale's violent crime rate increased by 21.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.2%.
What is the most common crime in Millvale?
The most common crime type in Millvale is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.0% of all reported crimes (17 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Millvale 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 Millvale, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.