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Washington, PA has a significantly higher rate of violent crime and property crime than the US average. The violent crime rate in Washington, PA is 28.5 compared to 22.7 nationally while the property crime rate is 52.9 compared to 35.4 nationally. This suggests that Washington, PA is not a safe city and citizens should take extra precautions when going out and about in the city.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Washington violent crime is 28.5. (The US average is 22.7)
Washington property crime is 52.9. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Washington, PA Crime History
*Closest City
Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2000557.10106.1212.2238.74038.7477.53282.7278.5
2001569.56.591.6209.5261.85289.31060.53580.8648.1
200480513.4107.3342.1342.16097.8858.74481.1758
2006785.5079.2303.7402.75419.5699.73987.1732.7
2007700.26.8142.8312.7237.94683.9815.83201.9666.2
20081275.26.9123.4431.97135717.8829.64236.9651.3
200974113.6102244.7380.73752.8965.42515.5271.9
2010488.3067.8176.3244.23567.37462482.2339.1
2011663.90124218.93214348.11130.82962255.3
201264921.965.6291.7269.84433.7714.73412.8306.3
2013481.87.271.9215.71874315834.23272.2208.6
2014467.614.687.7197.3168.13945.6650.33032.3263
2015512.314.859.4222.7215.33979.5876.12932.7170.8
2016685.57.567.1216.1394.93256.1640.82481.2134.1
2017468.97.452.1134275.43118.7602.92307.4208.4
2018747.97.4125.9236.9377.63095.1518.32206.6370.2

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
East Washington, PA384.21,317.21,93112018
North Franklin, PA218.81,728.34,68122017
South Strabane, PA137.44,268.88,76232019
Chartiers, PA37.4435.88,03152019
Houston, PA0.00.01,28062018
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
North Strabane, PA237.3596.612,17662019
Cecil, PA15.8427.512,605102018
Peters township (Washington County), PA54.2609.920,264112018
South Fayette, PA12.7373.715,772142018
Upper St. Clair, PA5.1754.818,927142019

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