Mount Oliver reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Mount Oliver’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #565 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’s behind Mount Oliver’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Mount Oliver’s police reported 73 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.5 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 | Mount Oliver | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 33 property crimes reported
And about 6 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 | Mount Oliver property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Mount Oliver violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27.6 | 19.1 | 7.1 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 31.0 | 17.3 | 9.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 33.1 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
127 crimes reported in 2025
20 violent and 107 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Oliver’s police.
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.
No one died in a crash on Mount Oliver’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 Mount Oliver’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Oliver’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.
Mount Oliver and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Oliver | D | 7.5 | 30.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Oliver | D | 7.5 | 30.6 |
| Centerville | A | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| North Catasauqua | A− | 0.3 | 6.9 |
| Millvale | B+ | 1.2 | 5.7 |
| Ebensburg | B+ | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| Ingram | B+ | 0.6 | 10.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Mount Oliver’s population (3,222), 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 Mount Oliver. 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 Mount Oliver’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,228 in 2025); our figure for Mount Oliver is 3,222 (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 Mount Oliver
Is Mount Oliver, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Oliver reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #565 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 7.5 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 Mount Oliver?
7.5 violent and 30.6 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 Mount Oliver?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Mount Oliver?
Mount Oliver’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mount Oliver 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.