Swatara Township, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Swatara Township, PA shows violent crime at 153.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,762.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
153.1/100K violent
2762.5/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Swatara Township, PA
Comparable rate records
Swatara Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Swatara Township's 153.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are State College (152.8), Lebanon (152.4), Lehighton (152.1), German Township (154.4). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 298.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 153.1 in 2024 (-48.7%). The highest observed value was 298.3 in 2020 and the lowest 11.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Swatara Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 153.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Swatara Township ranks 207 of 838 — above 631 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +134.4% 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 5.3% of the 857 Part I offenses reported in Swatara Township for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 4.7 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.
Property counts dominate Swatara Township'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.
Swatara Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Swatara Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (82% of 857 offenses; mix index 6,828).
Violent offenses are only 5% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); 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
-12.9%
175.7 → 153.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.7%
2716.4 → 2762.5/100K
Property offenses lead Swatara Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
vs US avg
Property Crime
812
2762.5
1457.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
703
2391.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
69
234.7
-
-
Burglary
40
136.1
-
-
Arson
3
10.2
-
-
Violent Crime
45
153.1
249.5
352
Aggravated Assault
26
88.5
-
-
Robbery
14
47.6
-
-
Rape
4
13.6
-
-
Murder
1
3.4
-
-
Swatara Township 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.
Swatara Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Swatara Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Swatara Township NIBRS-participating
Swatara Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Swatara Township's 857 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
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How many crimes were reported in Swatara Township?
In 2024, Swatara Township reported 45 violent crimes and 812 property crimes, for a total of 857 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Swatara Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Swatara Township's violent crime rate decreased by 12.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.7%.
What is the most common crime in Swatara Township?
The most common crime type in Swatara Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.0% of all reported crimes (703 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Swatara Township 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 Swatara Township, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.