Crime & Safety in Scranton

Scranton's crime rate ran meaningfully below the national and Pennsylvania averages on the primary current-year 2024 FBI comparison, alongside a real, disclosed single-year uptick in homicides.

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Crime runs meaningfully below the national average

Per FBI 2024 data, Scranton's total crime rate ran 1,626.5 per 100,000 (approximately 23.25% below the national rate, 3.22% below Pennsylvania's own rate), and its violent crime rate (281.4 per 100,000) ran approximately 21.6% below the ~359.0-per-100,000 national violent-crime rate cited elsewhere in this project's coverage.

A real, disclosed source inconsistency

A separately-cited 5-year (2019-2024) violent-crime average of 107.0 per 100,000 was described by the same source as '0.8% above the national average' -- a real, disclosed internal inconsistency this record states plainly rather than silently resolving.

A real, disclosed single-year uptick

2024 homicides rose from 3 to 7, and total crime rose 2% year-over-year from 2023 -- a real, disclosed, less-favorable single-year trend even amid the city's genuinely below-average multi-year baseline.

Key takeaways

Scranton's total and violent crime rates both ran meaningfully below national benchmarks in 2024 FBI data.
A real, disclosed source inconsistency exists in cited 5-year-average violent-crime comparisons.
2024 homicides rose from 3 to 7 -- a real, disclosed single-year uptick worth confirming with current data.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-25. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.