Crime Score for ZIP 17221, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · June 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Higher crime than 60.78% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#4,754
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Pennsylvania rank
#408
of 1288 in state
Score index
75.9
crime intensity
Snapshot
June 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 17221 in Pennsylvania. In June 2026 it scored in the 60.8th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Above Average rating, above the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #4,754, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #408 of 1288. That is 15.1 points above the Pennsylvania median of 45.7.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Nearby ZIP codes
1 of 6 score lower than 17221. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
County
County not available.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 17221
- Is ZIP code 17221 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 17221 scores in the 60.8th percentile for reported crime as of June 2026, which is a Above Average rating: above the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 17221 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 17221 compare with the rest of Pennsylvania?
- It ranks #408 of 1288 scored ZIP codes in Pennsylvania, against a state median of the 45.7th percentile. Nationally it ranks #4,754 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, June 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.