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The Northeast > Pennsylvania > Crime

PENNSYLVANIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aggravated assault 29,554 [8th of 51]
Arson deaths 55.56 [1st of 49]
Burglary 57,623 [12th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with 18 aggravating circumstances.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 134 [3rd of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [18th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 21 [4th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 3 [21st of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 3 [23rd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 155 [13th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 219 [4th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 74 [7th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 9.9 [29th of 51]
Forcible rape 3,401 [7th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 71 [8th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 8.5 [46th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 20.4 [35th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 650 [6th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [25th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 4 [37th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 62 [20th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 18 [18th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 13 [22nd of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 97 [24th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 756 [5th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 5.2% [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 28.3% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 26.6% [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 22.5% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 8.3% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 3.7% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5% [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 6.3% [22nd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 56.4% [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.3% [28th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 1.5% [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 62.7% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 1.8% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 35.6% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 22.1 % [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 77.9 % [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 72.5 % [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 8.7 % [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 18.8 % [38th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 13.9% [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 21.7% [39th of 49]
Larceny-theft 216,825 [9th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 6 [21st of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0.483 per 1 million people [31st of 44]
Lynchings > Total 8 [36th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 0.644 per 1 million people [42nd of 44]
Lynchings > White 2 [39th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 0.161 per 1 million people [41st of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 29,540 [13th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 736 [6th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 40,963 [9th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 3.296 per 1,000 people [34th of 50]
Property crime total 303,988 [10th of 51]
Robbery 20,974 [6th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 0 [35th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [36th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 366 [23rd of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 2.945 per 100,000 people [27th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 248 [5th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.2 per 10,000 people [18th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 2 [15th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.161 per 1 million people [23rd of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 6 [16th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.483 per 1 million people [39th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 30 [8th of 40]
Violent crime 54,665 [7th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 1,827 [14th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 14.699 per 100,000 people [37th of 50]

SOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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