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Chester Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

Chester crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Chester for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Chester in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 43.73% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the national property crime rate average by 18.18%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Chester was higher than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 107.67% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 37.02%.

Property and Violent Crime
Chester Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Chester Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Chester Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault86
Arson4
Burglary81
Larceny and Theft417
Motor Vehicle Theft126
Murder and Manslaughter11
Rape17
Robbery48
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,906
Property Crime624
Violent Crime162
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault92
Arson1
Burglary75
Larceny and Theft416
Motor Vehicle Theft151
Murder and Manslaughter15
Rape18
Robbery44
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,920
Property Crime638
Violent Crime168

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Chester Property Crime

Chester Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Chester Crime 2025

Chester Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Chester Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Chester Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Chester, Pennsylvania crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Chester crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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