Sunbury, PA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sunbury, PA Summary

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

  • There were 70 total crimes committed in Sunbury the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 727.3 total crimes per 100K people in Sunbury.
  • The overall crime rate in Sunbury is -68.71% below the national average.
  • Sunbury ranks #160 safest out of 365 cities in Pennsylvania.
  • Sunbury ranks #2,742 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Sunbury Vs Pennsylvania And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sunbury is 727.3 per 100,000 people. That's -68.71% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -64.23% lower than the Pennsylvania total crime rate of 2,033.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sunbury
/ 100k People
Pennsylvania
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 70 727.3 2,033.6 2,324.2
Murder 5 52.0 7.9 6.3
Robbery 1 10.4 83.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 52.0 264.6 268.2
Violent Crime 16 166.3 389.5 369.8
Burglary 17 176.6 248.6 269.8
Larceny 37 384.5 1,274.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 0 0.0 121.0 282.7
Property Crime 54 561.1 1,644.1 1,954.4

Sunbury Crime Compared To Pennsylvania Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Pennsylvania.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Sunbury

16
Violent Crimes
166.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-55.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Sunbury in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sunbury is 166.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 601.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sunbury each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -55.04% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -57.32% lower than the Pennsylvania violent crime rate of 389.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sunbury

54
Property Crimes
561.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-71.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 54 property crimes in Sunbury in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sunbury is 561.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 178.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sunbury each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -71.29% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.87% lower than the Pennsylvania property crime rate of 1,644.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sunbury

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shamokin, PA 6,874 69 1,003.8 814.7 189.1
Selinsgrove, PA 5,962 169 2,834.6 2,415.3 419.3
Northumberland, PA 3,605 23 638.0 499.3 138.7
Shamokin Dam, PA 1,626 17 1,045.5 492.0 553.5

Sunbury SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
6
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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