Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA has a A+ safety grade (93/100) with a violent crime rate of 26 per 100,000, 93% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA Crime Rate & Safety
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Shenango Township, Lawrence County is a small municipal reporter (7,604 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with PA and U.S. context.
Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA carries a PlainCrime A+ safety grade with violent crime 93% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA shows violent crime at 26.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 460.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 93% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
26.3/100K violent
460.3/100K property
-93% vs U.S.
The verdict
Shenango Township, Lawrence County earns an A+ safety grade: violent crime runs 93% below the U.S. average, placing it among the safest cities in the country.
A+
PlainCrime safety grade
-93%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
96th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
460.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,604. 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 Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Shenango Township, Lawrence County reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 7,604. 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
Shenango Township, Lawrence County's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Shenango Township, Lawrence County's 26.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cecil Township (26.3), Newtown Township, Delaware County (26.1), Horsham Township (25.7), Lower Providence Township (26.9). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Shenango Township, Lawrence County sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 26.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Shenango Township, Lawrence County ranks 579 of 838 — above 259 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -60.2% against the cohort median of 66.1. 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 5.4% of the 37 Part I offenses reported in Shenango Township, Lawrence County for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 4.6 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.
Property counts dominate Shenango Township, Lawrence County'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 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 7,604. 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.
Property offenses lead Shenango Township, Lawrence County's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
35
460.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
32
420.8
-
Burglary
2
26.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
13.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
2
26.3
352
Aggravated Assault
2
26.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
How Shenango Township, Lawrence County sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Shenango Township, Lawrence County in population. Their populations run from 7,471 to 7,711, against 7,604 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Shenango Township, Lawrence County's 26.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
What is the crime rate in Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA? ▼
Shenango Township, Lawrence County has a violent crime rate of 26.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 460.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA safe? ▼
Shenango Township, Lawrence County receives a safety grade of A+ (Very Safe), with a safety score of 93/100. The violent crime rate is 93% below the national average and 89% below the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Shenango Township, Lawrence County is 7,604 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Shenango Township, Lawrence County? ▼
In 2024, Shenango Township, Lawrence County reported 2 violent crimes and 35 property crimes, for a total of 37 reported offenses.
How do Shenango Township, Lawrence County's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Shenango Township, Lawrence County recorded about one reported offense per 206 residents and one reported violent offense per 3802 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
What is the most common crime in Shenango Township, Lawrence County? ▼
The most common crime type in Shenango Township, Lawrence County is larceny-theft, accounting for 86.5% of all reported crimes (32 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Shenango Township, Lawrence County 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 Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.