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Chester Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

Chester crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 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 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Chester in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 264.58% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the national property crime rate average by 42.44%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Chester was higher than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 351.43% and the city property crime rate in Chester was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 114.15%.

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

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault280
Arson17
Burglary254
Larceny and Theft597
Motor Vehicle Theft168
Murder and Manslaughter18
Rape29
Robbery142
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,301
Property Crime1,019
Violent Crime469
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault151
Arson1
Burglary74
Larceny and Theft603
Motor Vehicle Theft173
Murder and Manslaughter20
Rape19
Robbery111
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,116
Property Crime834
Violent Crime301

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Chester Property Crime

Chester Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Chester Crime 2019

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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Chester crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

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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