State profile
Pennsylvania
538 animal cruelty offenses were reported in Pennsylvania in 2025, or 7.8 per 100,000 residents served by NIBRS agencies, the 30th highest rate of 49 comparable states.
Trend
Reported offenses over time
Lighter bars mark years when NIBRS agencies served less than 60% of residents.
Offenses per year
Monthly offenses
| Year | Total offenses |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 465 |
| 2022 | 448 |
| 2023 | 480 |
| 2024 | 521 |
| 2025 | 538 |
| Year | Offenses | Per 100,000 | Clearance rate | Coverage | Agencies in FBI tables | Agencies with cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 538 | 7.78 | 50% | 52.9% | 192 | 88 |
| 2024 | 521 | 7.94 | 56% | 50.2% | 100 | 26 |
| 2023 | 480 | 8.15 | 52% | 45.4% | 136 | 84 |
| 2022 | 448 | 8.31 | 52% | 41.6% | 107 | 75 |
| 2021 | 465 | 9.11 | 57% | 39.4% | 23 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0.36 | 25% | 17.6% | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0.05 | 100% | 15.9% | — | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.00 | — | 14.5% | — | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0.00 | — | 9.8% | — | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0.00 | — | 10.2% | — | — |
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), via the Crime Data Explorer. Retrieved September 30, 2026. Methodology & downloads.
Agencies
Agencies reporting the most cases in 2025
| # | Agency | Type | County | 2025 | 2020–2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Police Department PAPEP0000 | City police | Philadelphia | 32 | 110 | |
| 2 | Scranton Police Department PA0350400 | City police | Lackawanna | 30 | 133 | |
| 3 | State Police: Fayette County PA026SP00 | State police | Fayette | 20 | 69 | |
| 4 | State Police: Huntingdon County PA031SP00 | State police | Huntingdon | 19 | 47 | |
| 5 | State Police: Franklin County PA028SP00 | State police | Franklin | 17 | 30 | |
| 6 | State Police: Elizabethville PA022SP00 | State police | Dauphin | 13 | 38 | |
| 7 | State Police: Erie County PA025SP00 | State police | Erie | 13 | 35 | |
| 8 | State Police: Schuylkill County PA054SP00 | State police | Schuylkill | 13 | 24 | |
| 9 | State Police: Westmoreland County PA065SP00 | State police | Westmoreland | 13 | 14 | |
| 10 | State Police: Perry County PA050SP00 | State police | Perry | 11 | 33 | |
| 11 | State Police: Warren County PA062SP00 | State police | Warren | 11 | 30 | |
| 12 | State Police: Clarion County PA016SP00 | State police | Clarion | 11 | 29 | |
| 13 | State Police: Juniata County PA034SP00 | State police | Juniata | 10 | 43 | |
| 14 | State Police: Cumberland County PA021SP00 | State police | Cumberland | 10 | 29 | |
| 15 | Altoona Police Department PA0070100 | City police | Blair | 10 | 15 |
Source FBI NIBRS Tables: Offense Type by Agency, 2020–2025; ORIs from the FBI agency directory. Retrieved September 30, 2026. Methodology & downloads.
Official animal abuser registries
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Agency directory
The FBI lists 1,439 law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania, 245 of which report through NIBRS.
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