Monessen, PA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Monessen earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 202% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+202%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
3rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,006.6
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
2,006.6/100K↑49.7%vs 2023
Monessen violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
1,063.2/100K↑11.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
7,186
876.7
2003.9
207
2021
Insufficient reporting
7,125
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
6,768
871.7
1462.8
158
2023
Comparable
6,716
952.9
1340.1
154
2024
Comparable
6,678
1063.2
2006.6
205
How Monessen sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Monessen Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Monessen's crime figures on this page originate from Monessen Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Monessen in population. Their populations run from 6,592 to 6,761, against 6,678 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Monessen's 1,063.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Monessen has a violent crime rate of 1063.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2006.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Monessen, PA safe? ▼
Monessen receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 12/100. The violent crime rate is 202% above the national average and 326% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Monessen, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Monessen is 6,678 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Monessen? ▼
In 2024, Monessen reported 71 violent crimes and 134 property crimes, for a total of 205 reported offenses.
How do Monessen's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Monessen recorded about one reported offense per 33 residents and one reported violent offense per 94 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.