Crime in Berks County, Pennsylvania

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

Berks County violent crime is 11.6. (The US average is 22.7)

Berks County property crime is 22.4. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: The city of Berks, Pennsylvania does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.

Violent Crimes - Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Property Crimes - Burglary Larceny Auto Theft

Muhlenberg Township, PA Crime History

*Closest City

Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2000	421.2	24.8	0	117.7	278.8	4206.2	390.3	3555.7	260.2
2001	282	0	18.4	98.1	165.5	3702.6	465.9	2917.9	318.8
2002	164.9	6.1	6.1	103.8	48.9	3853.2	335.9	3169.3	348.1
2003	210.4	0	6	144.3	60.1	4171.7	529	3234	408.8
2004	159.5	0	0	94.5	65	3840	336.7	3101.6	401.7
2005	160.7	0	0	103.3	57.4	4315.4	625.5	3253.8	436.1
2006	157.6	0	0	107	50.7	3743.7	332.2	2871.1	540.4
2007	103.6	5.5	0	87.3	10.9	3409	321.8	2738.1	349.1
2008	177.5	0	0	134.5	43	4120.7	312	3485.9	322.8
2009	181.2	0	0	122.6	58.6	3761.9	282.4	3213.1	266.4
2010	136.6	0	0	36.8	99.9	2937.8	168.2	2575.2	194.5
2011	142.2	0	10.2	55.9	76.2	3798.7	482.5	3138.5	177.7
2012	172.6	0	10.2	71.1	91.4	3777.4	421.4	3208.8	147.2
2013	166.1	0	5	105.7	55.4	3352.3	352.3	2879.1	120.8
2014	130.6	0	15.1	50.2	65.3	3325	276.2	2943.2	105.5
2015	120.5	0	10	40.2	70.3	2405.9	180.8	2119.6	105.5
2016	118.9	0	0	44.6	74.3	2551.9	411.3	2101	39.6
2017	119.1	5	5	34.7	74.4	2640.2	178.7	2342.4	119.1
2018	108.4	0	9.9	49.3	49.3	2477.5	147.8	2236.1	93.6

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Muhlenberg Township, PA	108.4	2,477.5	19,696	1	2018
Laureldale, PA	128.2	1,256.7	3,741	2	2018
Bern Township, PA	71.2	839.9	6,975	4	2018
Reading, PA	702.0	2,242.7	81,168	5	2018
West Reading, PA	710.2	3,030.3	4,201	6	2019
Wyomissing, PA	171.4	1,894.5	10,464	6	2019

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Allentown, PA	386.5	2,283.0	106,685	27	2019
Elizabeth, NJ	719.2	3,027.5	111,048	93	2019
Lakewood Township, NJ	140.4	915.5	69,298	94	2019
Paterson, NJ	841.5	2,162.0	147,690	99	2019
Ramapo Town, NY	71.9	460.7	87,204	108	2019
Yonkers, NY	353.9	912.7	202,827	114	2019

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19606, 19601, 19604, 19607, 19608, 19605, 19512, 19602, 19610, 19530, ... 50 more

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