Photo: Djorion · CC BY-SA 3.0For property crime, Williamsport trails 66% of U.S. towns per resident
Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.8 violent crimes and 15.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Still, the overall Safety Grade is C+ (#464 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania), which means more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The graded rate fell 23% 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 Williamsport
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Pennsylvania towns on Williamsport’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: South Williamsport (B+). Loyalsock Township, Duboistown, Woodward Township and Old Lycoming Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Williamsport’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 40% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Williamsport is home to Pennsylvania College of Technology, with 3,903 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 16% 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 ↓
A job center
Williamsport has 18,421 jobs based in town for 27,384 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Williamsport’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 (1.8) 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 (15.5) 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 | Williamsport property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Williamsport violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.4 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 16.1 | 0.9 | 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 | Williamsport | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Williamsport’s police reported 150 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Williamsport 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.
397 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.
25 violent and 372 property, as reported to the FBI by Williamsport’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Williamsport’s roads in 2019–2023
Williamsport had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 7.2 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.
Williamsport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsport | C+ | 1.8 | 15.5 |
| Loyalsock Township | — | — | — |
| South Williamsport | B+ | 0.6 | 8.2 |
| Duboistown | — | — | — |
| Woodward Township | — | — | — |
| Old Lycoming Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Loyalsock Township, Duboistown, Woodward Township and Old Lycoming Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsport | C+ | 1.8 | 15.5 |
| Upper Dublin Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.7 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| East Hempfield Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Springettsbury Township | C+ | 1.1 | 20.8 |
| Monroeville | C | 1.4 | 23.3 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Williamsport’s population (27,384), 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 Williamsport. 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 Williamsport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,599 in 2025); our figure for Williamsport is 27,384 (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 Williamsport
Is Williamsport, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Williamsport reports more crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #464 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.8 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 Williamsport?
1.8 violent and 15.5 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 Williamsport in 2025?
Williamsport’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Williamsport safer than South Williamsport?
South Williamsport reports less crime per resident than Williamsport: South Williamsport grades B+ for safety and Williamsport C+. South Williamsport’s police reported 0.6 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Williamsport?
Williamsport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Williamsport 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.