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Wilkes-Barre Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

Wilkes-Barre crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wilkes-Barre for 2024 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Wilkes-Barre in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 56.63% and the city property crime rate in Wilkes-Barre was lower than the national property crime rate average by 0.84%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Wilkes-Barre was higher than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 93.94% and the city property crime rate in Wilkes-Barre was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 49.08%.

Property and Violent Crime
Wilkes-Barre Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Wilkes-Barre Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Wilkes-Barre Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault147
Arson2
Burglary194
Larceny and Theft616
Motor Vehicle Theft42
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape24
Robbery68
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,046
Property Crime852
Violent Crime242
2024 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault154
Arson6
Burglary179
Larceny and Theft408
Motor Vehicle Theft24
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape31
Robbery73
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)803
Property Crime609
Violent Crime261

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wilkes-Barre Property Crime

Wilkes-Barre Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wilkes-Barre Crime 2019

Wilkes-Barre Crime 2024

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wilkes-Barre Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wilkes-Barre Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Wilkes-Barre, 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 Wilkes-Barre crime report data for 2024 was projected from 17 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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