Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, Bloomsburg trails 69% of U.S. towns per resident
For every 1,000 residents, 2.7 violent crimes and 9.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Pennsylvania, the figures are 2.9 and 17.5. Weighing it all, Bloomsburg earns B− for safety (#439 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. What’s more, each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Bloomsburg
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Pennsylvania towns on Bloomsburg’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Montour Township (A−), Scott Township (B+). Hemlock Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Mount Pleasant Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bloomsburg’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 24% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Bloomsburg is home to Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, with 9,866 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 38% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bloomsburg’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Bloomsburg’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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
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| Year | Bloomsburg | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bloomsburg’s police reported 107 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bloomsburg per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Bloomsburg property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Bloomsburg violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.4 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 16.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
133 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
34 violent and 99 property, as reported to the FBI by Bloomsburg’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Bloomsburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Bloomsburg had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bloomsburg’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bloomsburg’s own rate (4.6) 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.
Bloomsburg and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg | B− | 2.7 | 9.5 |
| Hemlock Township | — | — | — |
| Montour Township | A− | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | — | — | — |
| Scott Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hemlock Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Mount Pleasant Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg | B− | 2.7 | 9.5 |
| New Hanover Township | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| Amity Township | A | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Kingston | B− | 1.1 | 14.5 |
| Pottsville | C+ | 2.9 | 11.3 |
| Coatesville | C− | 6.3 | 16.5 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Bloomsburg’s population (13,375), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Bloomsburg. 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 Bloomsburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,437 in 2025); our figure for Bloomsburg is 13,375 (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 Bloomsburg
Is Bloomsburg, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bloomsburg reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #439 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.7 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 Bloomsburg?
2.7 violent and 9.5 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 Bloomsburg safer than Montour Township?
Montour Township reports less crime per resident than Bloomsburg: Montour Township grades A− for safety and Bloomsburg B−. Montour Township’s police reported 0.9 violent and 3.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bloomsburg?
Bloomsburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bloomsburg Town Police Department”. 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.