St. Lukes Episcopal Church · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Lebanon sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 19% from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 1.7 violent crimes and 12.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Pennsylvania, 2.9 and 17.5. Taking everything together, Lebanon scores B− (#431 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 Lebanon
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Lebanon’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: South Lebanon Township (A+). North Cornwall Township reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. North Lebanon 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 Lebanon’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 25% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 48% 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 Lebanon’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.7) 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. Its property rate (12.5) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lebanon property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Lebanon violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.6 | 19.1 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 11.2 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 16.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
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 | Lebanon | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lebanon’s police reported 137 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 Lebanon 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
352 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.
46 violent and 306 property, as reported to the FBI by Lebanon’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Lebanon’s roads in 2019–2023
Lebanon had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.7, 67 towns).
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.
Lebanon and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | B− | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| North Cornwall Township | — | — | — |
| North Lebanon Township | — | — | — |
| South Lebanon Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Cornwall Township reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. North Lebanon Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | B− | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| Lower Providence Township | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Warrington Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Moon Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Bethlehem Township | B+ | 0.5 | 10.9 |
| Montgomery Township | B | 0.5 | 14.8 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Lebanon’s population (26,479), 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 Lebanon. 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 Lebanon’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,375 in 2025); our figure for Lebanon is 26,479 (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 Lebanon
Is Lebanon, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lebanon reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #431 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.7 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 Lebanon?
1.7 violent and 12.5 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.
How many homicides were there in Lebanon in 2025?
Lebanon’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 11.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lebanon safer than South Lebanon Township?
South Lebanon Township reports less crime per resident than Lebanon: South Lebanon Township grades A+ for safety and Lebanon B−. South Lebanon Township’s police reported 0.1 violent and 1.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lebanon?
Lebanon’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lebanon”. 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.