Photo: takomabibelot · CC BY 2.0Arnold reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Arnold’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #559 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of PA” is every other Pennsylvania city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Arnold
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Pennsylvania towns on Arnold’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: New Kensington (C−). East Deer Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Arnold’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (14.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Arnold’s police reported 121 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Arnold | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 10 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Arnold property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Arnold violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.8 | 19.1 | 7.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 10.4 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
113 crimes reported in 2025
48 violent and 65 property, as reported to the FBI by Arnold’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on Arnold’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Arnold’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Arnold’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Arnold and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | D | 8.7 | 14.1 |
| New Kensington | C− | 3.9 | 23.5 |
| East Deer Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Deer Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | D | 8.7 | 14.1 |
| West Penn Township | A | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Montoursville | B | 0.5 | 12.4 |
| Granville Township | C+ | 0.6 | 19.7 |
| California | C | 4.0 | 10.4 |
| West Reading | C− | 4.3 | 19.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Arnold’s population (4,619), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Arnold. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Arnold’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,631 in 2025); our figure for Arnold is 4,619 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Arnold
Is Arnold, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Arnold reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #559 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 8.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Arnold?
8.7 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Arnold?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Arnold safer than New Kensington?
New Kensington reports less crime per resident than Arnold: New Kensington grades C− for safety and Arnold D. New Kensington’s police reported 3.9 violent and 23.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Arnold?
Arnold’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Arnold”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.