Quakertown, PA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 8% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Quakertown, PA shows violent crime at 379.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 998.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% 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
379.8/100K violent
998.4/100K property
+8% vs U.S.
The verdict
Quakertown earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 8% above the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+8%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
22nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
998.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Quakertown, PA
Position in the state cohort
Quakertown reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 379.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Quakertown ranks 63 of 838 — above 775 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +481.5% 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.
Comparable rate records
Quakertown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Quakertown's 379.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Connellsville (379.8), West Mifflin (379.6), Coraopolis (378.9), Glassport (376.6). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 27.6% of the 127 Part I offenses reported in Quakertown for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 17.6 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 285.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 379.8 in 2024 (+33.1%). The highest observed value was 379.8 in 2024 and the lowest 204.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Quakertown'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+40.3%
270.8 → 379.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-29.6%
1418.8 → 998.4/100K
Property offenses lead Quakertown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
92
998.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
79
857.3
-
Burglary
8
86.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
54.3
-
Arson
1
10.9
-
Violent Crime
35
379.8
352
Aggravated Assault
30
325.6
-
Rape
4
43.4
-
Robbery
1
10.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Quakertown 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.
Quakertown property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
998.4/100K↓29.6%vs 2023
Quakertown violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
379.8/100K↑40.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,762
285.3
1209.8
131
2021
Insufficient reporting
8,734
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
9,282
204.7
614.1
76
2023
Comparable
9,233
270.8
1418.8
156
2024
Comparable
9,215
379.8
998.4
127
How Quakertown sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Quakertown Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Quakertown's crime figures on this page originate from Quakertown 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 Quakertown in population. Their populations run from 9,011 to 9,338, against 9,215 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Quakertown's 379.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Quakertown has a violent crime rate of 379.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 998.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Quakertown, PA safe? ▼
Quakertown receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 53/100. The violent crime rate is 8% above the national average and 52% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Quakertown, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Quakertown is 9,215 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Quakertown? ▼
In 2024, Quakertown reported 35 violent crimes and 92 property crimes, for a total of 127 reported offenses.
How do Quakertown's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Quakertown recorded about one reported offense per 73 residents and one reported violent offense per 263 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Quakertown? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Quakertown's violent crime rate increased by 40.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 29.6%.
What is the most common crime in Quakertown? ▼
The most common crime type in Quakertown is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.2% of all reported crimes (79 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Quakertown 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 Quakertown, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.