Monessen, PA is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 202% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Monessen, PA shows violent crime at 1,063.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,006.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 202% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1063.2/100K violent
2006.6/100K property
+202% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Monessen, PA
Position in the state cohort
Monessen reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 1063.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Monessen ranks 5 of 838 — above 833 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +1527.7% 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 34.6% of the 205 Part I offenses reported in Monessen for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 24.6 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.
Comparable rate records
Monessen's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Monessen's 1063.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mount Oliver (931.4), Philadelphia (908.7), Uniontown (857.1), Bradford (843.3). 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 876.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1063.2 in 2024 (+21.3%). The highest observed value was 1063.2 in 2024 and the lowest 871.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 70.9% of reported property offenses in Monessen, against a cohort median of 85.9%. The remainder is burglary (27) and motor vehicle theft (12). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Monessen'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.
Monessen's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.9 Census sq mi, Monessen logged 46.4 property and 24.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Monessen leans on larceny-theft at 46% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,369.
Violent offenses are 35% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+49.7%
1340.1 → 2006.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+11.6%
952.9 → 1063.2/100K
Property offenses lead Monessen's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
Property Crime
134
2006.6
1457.1
Larceny-Theft
95
1422.6
-
Burglary
27
404.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
12
179.7
-
Arson
1
15
-
Violent Crime
71
1063.2
249.5
Aggravated Assault
65
973.3
-
Robbery
6
89.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Monessen 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.
Monessen 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
Monessen: 1063 violent, 2007 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Blakely: 180 violent, 676 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Charleroi Regional: 134 violent, 746 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Folcroft: 536 violent, 2263 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Kennett Square: 253 violent, 461 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Bern Township: 104 violent, 519 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Shamokin: 459 violent, 695 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Southern Armstrong Regional: 118 violent, 104 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Findlay Township: 15 violent, 455 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Monessen Police Department
Reporting agency for Monessen Summary Reporting (SRS)
Monessen Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Monessen's 205 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.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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In 2024, Monessen reported 71 violent crimes and 134 property crimes, for a total of 205 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Monessen?
From 2023 to 2024, Monessen's violent crime rate increased by 11.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 49.7%.
What is the most common crime in Monessen?
The most common crime type in Monessen is larceny-theft, accounting for 46.3% of all reported crimes (95 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Monessen 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 Monessen, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.