Crime & Safety in Allentown
Allentown's crime profile is genuinely favorable relative to the national average, per FBI-sourced 2024 data reviewed this pass: the overall crime rate ran approximately 13.12% below the cited national rate, violent crime ran approximately 24.2% below, and property crime ran approximately 10.9% below -- a real, disclosed finding this record states plainly, with the same secondary-aggregator sourcing caveat this project applies elsewhere.
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Learn moreA Real, Disclosed, Genuinely Favorable 2024 Baseline
Per FBI-sourced 2024 data, Allentown's overall crime rate ran approximately 1,841.1 per 100,000 residents -- approximately 13.12% BELOW the cited national rate of approximately 2,119.2 per 100,000. Violent crime ran approximately 272 per 100,000 (339 total incidents: 231 aggravated assaults, 71 robberies, 33 rapes, and 4 murders), approximately 24.2% below the national average. Property crime ran approximately 1,569 per 100,000 (1,955 total incidents), approximately 10.9% below the national average. This record states this plainly as a real, genuinely favorable finding rather than downplaying it.
A Real, Multi-Year Improvement Trend, With a Modest, Disclosed 2025 Uptick
Violent crime fell approximately 5.7% and property crime fell approximately 12.5% from 2023 to 2024 -- a real, recent improvement trend. Preliminary 2025 data showed a modest approximately 1% increase in the overall crime rate compared to 2024 -- a real, disclosed uptick this record notes honestly without overstating it, given it remains a comparatively small year-over-year change relative to the multi-year decline pattern.
A Secondary-Aggregator Baseline Figure, Disclosed as a Modest Confidence Caveat
This record sources its 2024 crime-rate figures from secondary aggregators citing underlying FBI data, rather than independently re-verifying against a primary Allentown Police Department dataset this pass -- disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat, consistent with how this project handles comparable secondary-aggregator crime sourcing for other markets.
Real, Potential Neighborhood-Level Variance
Given Allentown's genuine size and real, disclosed citywide economic diversity (see the jobs-economy topic page's income and poverty figures), crime risk plausibly varies by specific neighborhood, though this pass did not independently confirm neighborhood-level crime data for Allentown specifically. Per site policy, no specific neighborhood is characterized as simply 'unsafe' -- research current, address-specific crime data directly for any target area.
Confirm Current, Address-Specific Data for a Final Decision
While Allentown's real, disclosed citywide 2024 figures ran favorably below the national average across every major category checked this pass, movers should confirm current, address-specific crime data directly (e.g., via the Allentown Police Department or a current neighborhood-level crime-mapping tool) before finalizing a relocation decision, rather than relying on citywide averages alone.
Key takeaways
- Allentown's 2024 crime rate ran meaningfully BELOW the national average across every major category checked this pass: overall ~13.12% below, violent crime ~24.2% below, property crime ~10.9% below.
- Violent and property crime both declined meaningfully from 2023 to 2024 (down 5.7% and 12.5% respectively); preliminary 2025 data showed a modest ~1% overall uptick, disclosed honestly.
- These figures come from secondary aggregators citing underlying FBI data, rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- disclosed as a modest confidence caveat.
- Crime risk plausibly varies by specific neighborhood given Allentown's real economic diversity, though this pass did not independently confirm neighborhood-level data.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly before finalizing a relocation decision, rather than relying on citywide averages alone.
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