Monroeville, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Monroeville, PA shows violent crime at 122.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,417.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
122.5/100K violent
2417.8/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Monroeville, PA
Comparable rate records
Monroeville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Monroeville's 122.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Macungie (122.5), Etna (122.4), Shamokin Dam (122.2), West Sadsbury Township (123.0). 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 95.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 122.5 in 2024 (+28.5%). The highest observed value was 153.2 in 2023 and the lowest 74.9 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
Monroeville sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 122.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Monroeville ranks 263 of 838 — above 575 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +87.6% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 4.8% of the 705 Part I offenses reported in Monroeville for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 5.2 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 Monroeville'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.
Monroeville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.7 Census sq mi, Monroeville logged 34 property and 1.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Monroeville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (85% of 705 offenses; mix index 7,246).
Violent offenses are only 5% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.7 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
-20%
153.2 → 122.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.1%
2344.2 → 2417.8/100K
Property offenses lead Monroeville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
Property Crime
671
2417.8
1457.1
Larceny-Theft
597
2151.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
169.4
-
Burglary
27
97.3
-
Arson
3
10.8
-
Violent Crime
34
122.5
249.5
Aggravated Assault
27
97.3
-
Robbery
6
21.6
-
Rape
1
3.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Monroeville 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.
Monroeville 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 averages
Monroeville Police Department
Reporting agency for Monroeville Summary Reporting (SRS)
Monroeville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Monroeville's 705 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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In 2024, Monroeville reported 34 violent crimes and 671 property crimes, for a total of 705 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Monroeville?
From 2023 to 2024, Monroeville's violent crime rate decreased by 20%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.1%.
What is the most common crime in Monroeville?
The most common crime type in Monroeville is larceny-theft, accounting for 84.7% of all reported crimes (597 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Monroeville 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 Monroeville, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.