Carlisle, PA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Carlisle, PA Summary

Crime in Carlisle research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carlisle over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carlisle:

  • There were 304 total crimes committed in Carlisle in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,313.5 total crimes per 100K people in Carlisle.
  • The overall crime rate in Carlisle is -38.02% below the national average.
  • Carlisle ranks #668 safest out of 880 cities in Pennsylvania.
  • Carlisle ranks #5,508 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Carlisle Vs Pennsylvania And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carlisle is 1,313.5 per 100,000 people. That's -38.02% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -21.84% lower than the Pennsylvania total crime rate of 1,680.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carlisle
/ 100k People
Pennsylvania
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 304 1,313.5 1,680.6 2,119.2
Murder 5 21.6 5.0 5.0
Robbery 5 21.6 51.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 99.4 161.4 256.0
Violent Crime 39 168.5 245.6 359.0
Burglary 30 129.6 116.7 229.0
Larceny 224 967.9 1,129.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 47.5 188.5 259.0
Property Crime 265 1,145.0 1,435.0 1,760.0

Carlisle Crime Compared To Pennsylvania Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Pennsylvania.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Carlisle

39
Violent Crimes
168.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 39 violent crimes in Carlisle in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carlisle is 168.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 593.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carlisle each year. That compares to a 1 in 407.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.06% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -31.39% lower than the Pennsylvania violent crime rate of 245.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carlisle

265
Property Crimes
1,145.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.94%
Below The National Average
  • There were 265 property crimes in Carlisle in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carlisle is 1,145.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 87.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carlisle each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.94% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.21% lower than the Pennsylvania property crime rate of 1,435.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carlisle

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Harrisburg, PA 49,985 1,377 2,754.8 1,992.6 762.2
Mechanicsburg, PA 10,111 135 1,335.2 1,275.8 59.3
Camp Hill, PA 8,178 91 1,112.7 1,039.4 73.4
New Cumberland, PA 7,560 37 489.4 436.5 52.9
Shippensburg, PA 5,631 65 1,154.3 1,047.8 106.6

Carlisle SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
9
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