St. Mark's Episcopal Church · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainOn property crime, Jim Thorpe has a lower rate per resident than two in three U.S. towns
3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. The overall Safety Grade is B− (#410 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), which means close to the middle of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 7.8, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. The graded rate fell 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Jim Thorpe
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Jim Thorpe’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Summit Hill (A+), Nesquehoning (B+), Franklin Township (B), Mahoning Township (C). Penn Forest Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Jim Thorpe’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 29% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 53% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Jim Thorpe’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Jim Thorpe’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.4) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Jim Thorpe property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Jim Thorpe violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.4 | 19.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 8.8 | 17.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 7.0 | 16.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Jim Thorpe | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Jim Thorpe’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 Jim Thorpe 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
37 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.
5 violent and 32 property, as reported to the FBI by Jim Thorpe’s police.
One person died in crashes on Jim Thorpe’s roads in 2019–2023
Jim Thorpe had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Jim Thorpe’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jim Thorpe’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Jim Thorpe and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | B− | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Penn Forest Township | — | — | — |
| Nesquehoning | B+ | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| Mahoning Township | C | 1.1 | 22.1 |
| Franklin Township | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Summit Hill | A+ | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Penn Forest Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Thorpe | B− | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Jackson Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Newport Township | A | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Kiskiminetas Township | A | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Jessup | B+ | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Hamburg | C+ | 2.6 | 11.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Jim Thorpe’s population (4,531), 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 Jim Thorpe. 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 Jim Thorpe’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,553 in 2025); our figure for Jim Thorpe is 4,531 (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 Jim Thorpe
Is Jim Thorpe, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jim Thorpe reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #410 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.4 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 Jim Thorpe?
2.4 violent and 7.8 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 Jim Thorpe safer than Nesquehoning?
Nesquehoning reports less crime per resident than Jim Thorpe: Nesquehoning grades B+ for safety and Jim Thorpe B−. Nesquehoning’s police reported 1.1 violent and 7.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jim Thorpe?
Jim Thorpe’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jim Thorpe”. 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.