| | Reading, PA | Columbia, SC | United States |
| | 40.1 | 39.5 | 22.7 |
| | 41 | 76 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Reading, Pennsylvania | Crime Index |
| Penn State Berks, PA | |
| Maxatawny, PA | |
| Bally, PA | 6.9 |
| Bernville, PA | 7.1 |
| Fox Chase, PA | 8.3 |
| Jacksonwald, PA | 9.6 |
| Alleghenyville, PA | 10.3 |
| Colony Park, PA | 10.3 |
| Frystown, PA | 10.7 |
| Schubert, PA | 11.0 |
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