What is the crime rate for ZIP code 16142?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Mercer County, PA (the county containing ZIP 16142) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 16142 in?

ZIP code 16142 is located in Mercer County, PA.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 16142

Mercer County, Pennsylvania: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

5,391
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 16142 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 16142 sits within Mercer County, PA, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 16142 carries a Census-reported population of 5,391, ranking #7 of 20 ZIPs in Mercer County, spread across 43.75 square miles (about 123 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Mercer County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Mercer County crime page linked below.

ZIP 16142 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Mercer County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 16142 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $78,973
Median age: 39.6 years
Owner-occupied homes: 77%
Occupied homes: 1,925

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 16142 settlement vs Mercer County

ZIP 16142 itself is about 123 people per Census sq mi across 43.8 sq mi (5,391 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 16142 accounts for roughly 4.9% of the county reporting population (5,391 of 110,652).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 16142

Similar Census population (~5,391)

ZIP 57262, SD · 5,389 pop · Δ2
ZIP 71643, AR · 5,389 pop · Δ2
ZIP 76557, TX · 5,389 pop · Δ2
ZIP 35672, AL · 5,387 pop · Δ4

County detail: Mercer County · State atlas: Pennsylvania

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.