It is located in Lehigh County, PA. It has a population of 120,823 inhabitants. The crime rate is - 319.39 per 10.000 people. There have been 3,859 arrests in 2017. The city has seen a downtick in arrest records since last year by 0.000%. The majority of crimes committed in Allentown are larceny/theft crimes - 2,362 incarcerations, whereas the least popular crime is the arson - only 13 arrests.
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The city has seen more non-violent crimes than violent. There have been 557 felony charges and 3,302 non-violent crimes.
For the time period of 2007-2017, the city of Allentown averaged 7,328 violent crimes. Of that total, 139 was for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, another 619 was for legacy rape, 4,139 was for robbery, and 2,431 was for aggravated assault.
It is situated in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania with a total number of 159 employees - 10 female, 127 male officers and 22 civilians. Allentown PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is PA0390100, it belongs to the Middle Atlantic division in the Northeast region with a region code of Region I.