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Ardmore, PA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 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 Ardmore is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 18 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 Ardmore is 1 in 56. Based on FBI crime data, Ardmore is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Pennsylvania, Ardmore has a crime rate that is higher than 82% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Ardmore to other communities of similar population, then Ardmore crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Ardmore does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Ardmore 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 Ardmore.

For Ardmore, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Ardmore than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1131, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Ardmore's rate for property crime is 17 per one thousand population. This makes Ardmore a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Ardmore is one in 58.

Ardmore Crime Data

 

Crime Index

26

(100 is safest)


Safer than 26% of U.S. Cities

Ardmore Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

12

232

244

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.88

17.10

17.99

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.88
3.38
National Median: 4
    Ardmore
    Pennsylvania

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,131

in Ardmore

1 in 296

in Pennsylvania

Ardmore VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 13,566
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
17.1
15.69
National Median: 19
    Ardmore
    Pennsylvania

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 58

in Ardmore

1 in 64

in Pennsylvania

Ardmore Property CRIMES

Population: 13,566
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States Property CRIMES

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Ardmore Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
124
46
National Median: 26.8
    Ardmore
    Pennsylvania