Uniontown, PA carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 143% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Uniontown, PA shows violent crime at 857.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,290.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 143% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
857.1/100K violent
3290.7/100K property
+143% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Uniontown, PA
Position in the state cohort
Uniontown reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 857.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Uniontown ranks 8 of 838 — above 830 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +1212.1% 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
Uniontown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Uniontown's 857.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bradford (843.3), Arnold (839.8), Steelton (838.3), Plymouth (834.1). 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 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1294.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 857.1 in 2024 (-33.8%). The highest observed value was 1294.9 in 2020 and the lowest 641.7 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 20.7% of the 392 Part I offenses reported in Uniontown for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 10.7 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 Uniontown'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.
Uniontown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.1 Census sq mi, Uniontown logged 151.7 property and 39.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Uniontown's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 392 offenses; mix index 5,075).
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.1 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
-26.2%
1161.6 → 857.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+21.9%
2699.9 → 3290.7/100K
Property offenses lead Uniontown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs PA
vs US avg
Property Crime
311
3290.7
1457.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
270
2856.8
-
-
Burglary
32
338.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
95.2
-
-
Arson
2
21.2
-
-
Violent Crime
81
857.1
249.5
352
Aggravated Assault
62
656
-
-
Robbery
9
95.2
-
-
Murder
5
52.9
-
-
Rape
5
52.9
-
-
Uniontown 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.
Uniontown 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
Uniontown Police Department
Reporting agency for Uniontown Summary Reporting (SRS)
Uniontown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Uniontown's 392 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.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Uniontown in population. Their populations run from 9,303 to 9,590, against 9,451 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Uniontown reported 81 violent crimes and 311 property crimes, for a total of 392 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Uniontown?
From 2023 to 2024, Uniontown's violent crime rate decreased by 26.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 21.9%.
What is the most common crime in Uniontown?
The most common crime type in Uniontown is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.9% of all reported crimes (270 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Uniontown 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 Uniontown, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.