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State College Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

State College crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in State College for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2024.

The city violent crime rate for State College in 2024 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 57.88% and the city property crime rate in State College was lower than the national property crime rate average by 56.61%.

In 2024 the city violent crime rate in State College was lower than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 37.78% and the city property crime rate in State College was lower than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 46.75%.

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

State College Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2024 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault39
Arson2
Burglary28
Larceny and Theft401
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape43
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)491
Property Crime440
Violent Crime88
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault32
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft302
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape31
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)336
Property Crime285
Violent Crime67

Property and Violent Crime Totals

State College Property Crime

State College Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

State College Crime 2024

State College Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

State College Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

State College Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this State College, 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 State College crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2024.

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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