Lancaster County’s crime rates significantly decreased in 2025, according to county commissioner Josh Parsons.
Lancaster County’s crime rates significantly decreased in 2025, according to county commissioner Josh Parsons. Parsons said in a Facebook post that the county only had four criminal homicides last year, which he said is “virtually unique” in the country.
He said Lancaster County’s homicide rate last year was well below the national average per capita, which he said is between 25-70 for counties with populations between 500,000 and 1 million. There was also an overall reduction in criminal cases in the Court of Common Pleas and at the Magisterial District Judge level, Parsons said.“We are making Lancaster County one the safest counties in the nation to live, work, and raise a family,” Parsons wrote.A man has been charged in Reading after police say they found approximately 10 pounds of meth in his car.Court records are revealing what led up to a shooting that claimed the life of a central Pa. man and had an 11-year-old charged with homicide.A woman was trapped in a house fire in Waynesboro Wednesday before she was rescued, according to emergency dispatchers.A Florida woman said she was stunned to learn her vehicle was involved in a crash in York County even though no one was behind the wheel.Jamie Russo, of West PaAn 18-year-old committed to the South Mountain Restoration Center has been charged with aggravated assault after police say he attacked an employee.
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