FBI arson data · 2024
Pennsylvania Arson
1,458 arson offenses were reported by 2,012 Pennsylvania law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 4.2% of the national total. The most was reported by Philadelphia Police Department (723).
Pennsylvania agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Police Department | City | Philadelphia County | 723 |
| Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | City | Allegheny County | 72 |
| Erie Police Department | City | Erie County | 20 |
| Allegheny County Police Department | County | Allegheny County | 15 |
| Scranton Police Department | City | Lackawanna County | 13 |
| Pottstown Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 13 |
| Reading Police Department | City | Berks County | 12 |
| State Police: Skippack | State Police | Montgomery County | 12 |
| State Police: Wayne County | State Police | Wayne County | 11 |
| York Police Department | City | York County | 11 |
| McKeesport Police Department | City | Allegheny County | 10 |
| Altoona Police Department | City | Blair County | 10 |
| State Police: Fayette County | State Police | Fayette County | 10 |
| Allentown Police Department | City | Lehigh County | 10 |
| Bensalem Township Police Department | City | Bucks County | 9 |
| State Police: Lancaster County | State Police | Lancaster County | 9 |
| Penn Hills Police Department | City | Allegheny County | 8 |
| Cheltenham Township Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 8 |
| Norristown Police Department | City | Montgomery County | 8 |
| State Police: Lackawanna County | State Police | Lackawanna County | 7 |
| Bethlehem Police Department | City | Northampton County | 7 |
| State Police: Snyder County | State Police | Snyder County | 7 |
| Duquesne Police Department | City | Allegheny County | 6 |
| State Police: Clarion County | State Police | Clarion County | 6 |
| Radnor Township Police Department | City | Delaware County | 6 |
Pennsylvania arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Pennsylvania arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Pennsylvania in 2024?+
1,458 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 2,012 Pennsylvania law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 276 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Pennsylvania?+
Philadelphia Police Department, with 723 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Philadelphia County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Pennsylvania?+
Pennsylvania's 1,458 reported arsons were 4.2% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.