Lebanon County
146,380 people, served by 30 police agencies that report to the FBI.
How a case moves here
Lebanon County follows Pennsylvania law on arrests, release, and courts. These rules are the same in every county in the state; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.
- Who decides release first
Outside Philadelphia, a magisterial district judge sets bail at the preliminary arraignment. In Philadelphia, an arraignment court magistrate appointed by the Municipal Court sets it; magistrates need not be lawyers if they complete a training program. Neither may set bail for murder or voluntary manslaughter; a Common Pleas judge does.
Pa.R.Crim.P. 51942 Pa.C.S. 1515(a)(4)42 Pa.C.S. 1123(a)(5)- Time to see a judge
A person arrested without a warrant must have a preliminary arraignment without unnecessary delay. The rule sets no hour limit. The U.S. Supreme Court's 48-hour rule for a probable cause finding applies as the federal floor.
Pa.R.Crim.P. 516(A)- Money bail
Money bail is allowed. The rules list five kinds of release, from release on recognizance to a money condition no larger than needed to ensure the person appears.
Pa.R.Crim.P. 524(C)- Courts
The Court of Common Pleas, organized in 60 judicial districts, tries felonies and misdemeanors. Magisterial district judges hear summary offenses, the lowest grade, and hold first arraignments and preliminary hearings. In Philadelphia, the Municipal Court tries crimes punishable by up to five years without a jury.
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, Courts of Common Pleas42 Pa.C.S. 151542 Pa.C.S. 1123- Judges and magistrates
Common Pleas judges win a contested election for a 10-year term, then run in yes-or-no retention elections without party labels. Magisterial district judges are elected in contested elections to six-year terms and need not be lawyers. All other judges must be members of the bar.
Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, How Judges Are Elected
Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. The prison board statute covers counties of the third to fifth class and those that opt in; Philadelphia and Allegheny run jails under other arrangements not read here.
What this county does differently
Nothing county-specific yet
Cities and towns
- Lebanon26,536
- North Lebanon township12,111
- South Lebanon township10,548
- Jackson township9,317
- North Cornwall township9,041
- North Londonderry township8,956
- South Londonderry township8,823
- Palmyra borough7,755
- Bethel township5,313
- Swatara township5,059
- Annville township4,915
- Cornwall borough4,623
- Millcreek township4,384
- Heidelberg township4,070
- South Annville township3,454
- Myerstown borough3,124
- Union township2,920
- East Hanover township2,664
- West Cornwall township2,111
- North Annville township2,078
- Jonestown borough1,893
- Cleona borough1,882
- Richland borough1,547
- West Lebanon township827
- Mount Gretna borough208
Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Lebanon County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.
Police agencies
- State Police: Lebanon CountyState police agency35,458 served
- Lebanon Police DepartmentCity police department26,375 served
- Lebanon County Regional Police DepartmentCity police department22,844 served
- Western Lebanon County Regional Police DepartmentCity police department12,801 served
- No name PA0381300City police department12,268 served
- South Lebanon Township Police DepartmentCity police department10,683 served
- No name PA0381200City police department9,728 served
- North Londonderry Township Police DepartmentCity police department9,063 served
- South Londonderry Township Police DepartmentCity police department8,955 served
- No name PA0380300City police department7,713 served
- Cornwall Police DepartmentCity police department6,905 served
- No name PA0380700City police department5,511 served
- No name PA0380100City police department5,088 served
- Millcreek Township Police Department, Lebanon CountyCity police department4,447 served
- Cleona Police DepartmentCity police department4,350 served
- No name PA0381000City police department4,083 served
- South Annville Township Police DepartmentCity police department3,490 served
- No name PA0380500City police department3,152 served
- No name PA0381500City police department2,304 served
- No name PA0381900City police department2,040 served
- No name PA0380400City police department1,518 served
- No name PA0382300City police department848 served
- No name PA0381100City police department192 served
- Bureau of Forestry: Lebanon CountyOther state agency
- County Detective: Lebanon CountyOther agency
- Fort Indiantown GapOther agency
- Lebanon Valley CollegeCollege or university police
- Office of Attorney General Region 2: Lebanon CountyOther state agency
- No name PA0380000Sheriff or county police
- State Park Rangers: Memorial LakeOther state agency
Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29. An agency that serves several counties appears on each. Population served is the FBI's figure.
Crime
The crime index
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Per 100k | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 26 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 76 | 45 | 270 |
| Murder | 1 | 3 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 6.8 | |||
| Rape | 15 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 31 |
| Robbery | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 61 | |
| Aggravated assault | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 38 | 21 | 170 |
| Property crime | 265 | 286 | 249 | 255 | 804 | 414 | 1,445 |
| Burglary | 44 | 33 | 31 | 22 | 65 | 43 | 133 |
| Larceny | 198 | 223 | 188 | 202 | 673 | 331 | 1,108 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 23 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 66 | 40 | 204 |
| Arson | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 12 |
Outside the crime index
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Per 100k | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All offenses outside the crime index | 1,286 | 1,136 | 943 | 881 | 1,883 | 1,366 | 2,703 |
| Simple assault and intimidation | 308 | 298 | 286 | 275 | 543 | 381 | 897 |
| Vandalism | 118 | 139 | 105 | 123 | 280 | 171 | 580 |
| Fraud | 305 | 165 | 120 | 97 | 314 | 223 | 415 |
| Drug abuse violations | 404 | 362 | 281 | 228 | 539 | 404 | 475 |
| Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. | 60 | 36 | 43 | 38 | 51 | 51 | 158 |
| Stolen property: buying, receiving, possessing | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 27 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 15 | 31 |
| Embezzlement | 13 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 45 | 61 | 40 | 47 | 35 | 51 | 51 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 4.9 | ||||
| Gambling | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.8 | ||||
| Other Group A offenses | 27 | 44 | 38 | 32 | 43 | 41 | 44 |
| Manslaughter by negligence (not in the total) | 1 | 3 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.2 | ||
| Human trafficking (not in the total) | 4 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 0.7 |
Offenses agencies in Lebanon County reported to the FBI in incident detail (NIBRS), each year, the second table by the arrest class each offense falls in. Per 100k: offenses per 100,000 people the reporting agencies police, 2021 to 2025 added together, beside Pennsylvania's rate over the same years. Agencies that reported part of a year are counted with their people, as the state's rates count them. – means too few for a rate: the count is under 20.
Source: FBI NIBRS national master files, each agency's offenses and the FBI's population for it. Pennsylvania: the crime index: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CrimeDB's chosen value per year (the state page's figures); outside it: FBI NIBRS, agencies that sent incident detail.