Montgomery County, PA Crime

Montgomery, PA County has a lower rate of violent crime compared to the national average. The violent crime rate in Montgomery County is 10.4, while the US average is 22.7. Property crime in Montgomery County is also lower than the national average with a rate of 21, compared to 35.4 for the US as a whole. Therefore, Montgomery County residents can feel safer living in an area that has less criminal activity than other parts of the country.

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

Montgomery County violent crime is 10.4. (The US average is 22.7)

Montgomery County property crime is 21.0. (The US average is 35.4)

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

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

East Norriton, PA Crime History

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Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2000	109.6	0	21.9	29.2	58.4	3170.2	270.3	2819.6	80.4
2001	83.2	0	0	53	30.3	2292.3	227	1914.1	151.3
2002	75.4	7.5	7.5	30.1	30.1	1861.5	158.3	1597.7	105.5
2003	51.5	0	0	22.1	29.4	2471.3	161.8	2140.3	169.2
2004	80.7	0	14.7	22	44	2434.4	190.6	2075.1	168.6
2005	44.1	0	0	29.4	14.7	2243.8	88.3	2052.5	103
2006	59.1	7.4	14.8	22.2	14.8	2210.7	258.8	1833.6	118.3
2007	74.2	0	14.8	44.5	14.8	2365.6	178	2031.9	155.7
2008	29.5	0	0	14.7	14.7	2570.9	272.6	2173.1	125.2
2009	110.1	0	0	95.4	14.7	1805.2	132.1	1607.1	66
2010	108.8	0	7.3	65.3	36.3	1958.4	72.5	1755.3	130.6
2011	66	0	7.3	22	36.7	2215.2	286.1	1855.8	73.4
2012	58.4	0	7.3	21.9	29.2	2373.5	146.1	2139.8	87.6
2013	156	0	21.3	42.5	92.2	2559	141.8	2381.8	35.4
2014	197.4	0	14.1	28.2	155.1	2129.5	204.5	1854.5	70.5
2015	204	0	7	21.1	175.8	2004.4	70.3	1912.9	21.1
2016	127	0	0	21.2	105.8	1975.9	77.6	1806.5	91.7
2017	282.6	0	0	35.3	247.3	2056	106	1928.8	21.2
2018	305.3	0	7.1	14.2	284	1895.6	163.3	1682.6	49.7

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
East Norriton, PA	305.3	1,895.6	14,107	2	2018
Whitpain, PA	46.6	684.2	18,799	2	2019
Upper Gwynedd, PA	56.4	325.9	15,870	3	2018
Norristown, PA	493.8	1,577.1	34,433	4	2019
North Wales, PA	152.9	825.4	3,254	4	2018
Plymouth township (Montgomery County), PA	146.4	2,523.1	16,257	4	2018

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Newark, NJ	619	1,641.0	278,906	71	2019
Jersey City, NJ	522.7	1,903.9	233,242	76	2019
Virginia Beach, VA	129.4	1,760.7	442,784	237	2019
Pittsburgh, PA	578.8	3,016.1	308,609	246	2018
Buffalo, NY	990.7	3,245.4	257,446	263	2019
Cleveland, OH	1,516.6	4,467.2	397,106	345	2019

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Montgomery County-Great County to live and work

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Montgomery County, PA- is a Historic County with great schools and quality of living. It has rolling hills, farm land, woods and beautiful opens spaces. It has great More

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