East Honesdale is a township of 413 in Wayne County, about 25 miles northeast of downtown Scranton · Updated November 2026
Is East Honesdale, PA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in East Honesdale is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so East Honesdale sits near the middle: 45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 810 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Honesdale as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Honesdale scores 810.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in East Honesdale, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Honesdale, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in East Honesdale
Thefts run high for an A-graded city. East Honesdale has 67.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3.
Simple assault at more than triple the US rate. East Honesdale has 52.3 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in East Honesdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Honesdale has about 141 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Pennsylvania.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 47% of crime reported in East Honesdale. Simple assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in East Honesdale
The State Police (Wayne County) polices East Honesdale, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In East Honesdale, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (67%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How East Honesdale compares with nearby cities
East Honesdale has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Crime costs East Honesdale about $3,218 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than double the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $1.1 million a year, or $2,667 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$26,000
$62
Rape
$47,000
$113
Robbery
$8,500
$21
Aggravated assault
$49,000
$120
Simple assault
$160,000
$381
Burglary
$10,000
$24
Theft
$140,000
$344
Vehicle theft
$23,000
$55
Arson
$2,100
$5
Vandalism
$25,000
$60
Total
$490,000
$1,185
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in East Honesdale means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in East Honesdale, PA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 69% of students test proficient, against 55% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in East Honesdale on SchoolGrade
