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Reading Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

Reading crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Reading for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2018.

The city violent crime rate for Reading in 2018 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 84.46% and the city property crime rate in Reading was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 1.96%.

In 2018 the city violent crime rate in Reading was higher than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 129.39% and the city property crime rate in Reading was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 50.52%.

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

Reading Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2018 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault328
Arson17
Burglary603
Larceny and Theft1,192
Motor Vehicle Theft189
Murder and Manslaughter19
Rape53
Robbery221
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,870
Property Crime1,984
Violent Crime621
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault309
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft886
Motor Vehicle Theft0
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape87
Robbery64
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,243
Property Crime357
Violent Crime474

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Reading Property Crime

Reading Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Reading Crime 2018

Reading Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Reading Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Reading Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Reading, 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 Reading crime report data for 2025 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2018.

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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