Versailles, PA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 60% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Versailles, PA shows violent crime at 141.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,277.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 60% 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
141.9/100K violent
1277.5/100K property
-60% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Versailles, PA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Versailles reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,409. 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
Versailles's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Versailles's 141.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Baldwin Borough (141.7), Royersford (142.5), Kingston (140.5), Gettysburg (144.3). 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 55.6% of reported property offenses in Versailles, against a cohort median of 85.9%. The remainder is burglary (7) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Versailles sits mid-pack among comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 141.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Versailles ranks 225 of 838 — above 613 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +117.3% 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.
Property counts dominate Versailles'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 1,409. 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.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Versailles's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 0.5 Census sq mi, Versailles logged 37.2 property and 4.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Versailles leans on larceny-theft at 50% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,825.
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (0.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+7%
1193.8 → 1277.5/100K
Property offenses lead Versailles's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
18
1277.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
10
709.7
-
Burglary
7
496.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
71
-
Arson
1
71
-
Violent Crime
2
141.9
352
Murder
1
71
-
Robbery
1
71
-
Rape
0
0
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
Versailles Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Versailles property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,277.5/100K↑7%vs 2023
Versailles violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
141.9/100K
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,455
0
1099.7
16
2021
Comparable
1,445
207.6
415.2
9
2022
Comparable
1,439
69.5
1111.9
17
2023
Comparable
1,424
0
1193.8
17
2024
Comparable
1,409
141.9
1277.5
20
Versailles Police Department
Reporting agency for Versailles Summary Reporting (SRS)
Versailles Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Versailles's 20 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Versailles in population. Their populations run from 1,370 to 1,451, against 1,409 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Versailles reported 2 violent crimes and 18 property crimes, for a total of 20 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Versailles?
From 2023 to 2024, Versailles's violent crime rate data is unavailable, and the property crime rate increased by 7%.
What is the most common crime in Versailles?
The most common crime type in Versailles is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.0% of all reported crimes (10 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Versailles's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Versailles, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.