Moosic, PA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 37% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Moosic, PA shows violent crime at 483.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 951 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 37% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
483.8/100K violent
951/100K property
+37% vs U.S.
The verdict
Moosic earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 37% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+37%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
15th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
951
property crimes per 100K
Based on 29 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,994. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Moosic, PA
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 256.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 483.8 in 2024 (+88.5%). The highest observed value was 483.8 in 2024 and the lowest 133.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 33.7% of the 86 Part I offenses reported in Moosic for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 23.7 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.
Position in the state cohort
Moosic reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 483.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Moosic ranks 44 of 838 — above 794 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +640.7% 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Moosic reported 29 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 5,994. 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
Moosic's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Moosic's 483.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hummelstown (489.7), Pitcairn (473.7), Butler (501.0), Chambersburg (465.0). 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.
Property counts dominate Moosic'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 29 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,994. 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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+187.8%
168.1 → 483.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
+20.3%
790.2 → 951/100K
Property offenses lead Moosic's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
57
951
1711
Larceny-Theft
52
867.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
50.1
-
Burglary
2
33.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
29
483.8
352
Aggravated Assault
28
467.1
-
Rape
1
16.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Moosic 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.
Moosic property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
951/100K↑20.3%vs 2023
Moosic violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
483.8/100K↑187.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
5,845
256.6
1368.7
95
2021
Insufficient reporting
5,822
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
5,991
133.5
751.1
53
2023
Comparable
5,948
168.1
790.2
57
2024
Comparable
5,994
483.8
951
86
How Moosic sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Moosic Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Moosic's crime figures on this page originate from Moosic 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 Moosic in population. Their populations run from 5,893 to 6,068, against 5,994 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Moosic's 483.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Moosic has a violent crime rate of 483.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 951 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Moosic, PA safe? ▼
Moosic receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 44/100. The violent crime rate is 37% above the national average and 94% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Moosic, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Moosic is 5,994 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Moosic? ▼
In 2024, Moosic reported 29 violent crimes and 57 property crimes, for a total of 86 reported offenses.
How do Moosic's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Moosic recorded about one reported offense per 70 residents and one reported violent offense per 207 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Moosic? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Moosic's violent crime rate increased by 187.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 20.3%.
What is the most common crime in Moosic? ▼
The most common crime type in Moosic is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.5% of all reported crimes (52 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Moosic 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 Moosic, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.