Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
The crime rate in Wyncote is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 29 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Wyncote is 1 in 35. Based on FBI crime data, Wyncote is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Pennsylvania, Wyncote has a crime rate that is higher than 93% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 3,081, Wyncote has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Wyncote does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Wyncote.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Wyncote does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Wyncote.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Wyncote's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Wyncote is one in 616.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Wyncote is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Wyncote, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
5 |
83 |
88 |
Crime Rate
|
1.62 |
26.94 |
28.56 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |