Lycoming County
112,587 people, served by 21 police agencies that report to the FBI.
How a case moves here
Lycoming 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
- Williamsport27,612
- Loyalsock township11,491
- South Williamsport borough6,211
- Old Lycoming township4,960
- Montoursville borough4,706
- Jersey Shore borough4,121
- Clinton township3,626
- Muncy Creek township3,551
- Wolf township3,095
- Fairfield township2,826
- Muncy borough2,720
- Hepburn township2,568
- Hughesville borough2,274
- Woodward township1,939
- Limestone township1,934
- Washington township1,884
- Eldred township1,874
- Upper Fairfield township1,685
- Lycoming township1,568
- Montgomery borough1,564
- Porter township1,521
- Duboistown borough1,403
- Moreland township1,178
- Susquehanna township1,113
- Muncy township1,071
- Mifflin township1,027
- Lewis township988
- Piatt township972
- Anthony township885
- Cogan House township826
- Gamble township804
- Franklin township789
- Penn township774
- Jordan township745
- Picture Rocks borough716
- Plunketts Creek township623
- Nippenose township565
- Bastress township562
- Watson township560
- Armstrong township536
- Brady township516
- Mill Creek township460
- Shrewsbury township437
- McIntyre township406
- Jackson township403
- Cascade township345
- Pine township293
- Cummings township238
- Salladasburg borough223
- McNett township107
- McHenry township98
- Brown township96
Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Lycoming County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.
Police agencies
- State Police: Lycoming CountyState police agency50,704 served
- Williamsport Police DepartmentCity police department27,599 served
- Lycoming Regional Police DepartmentCity police department16,645 served
- South Williamsport Police DepartmentCity police department7,341 served
- No name PA0411500City police department4,937 served
- Montoursville Police DepartmentCity police department4,662 served
- No name PA0410600City police department3,593 served
- Muncy Police DepartmentCity police department2,396 served
- Hughesville Police DepartmentCity police department2,112 served
- No name PA0410900City police department1,543 served
- No name PA0411800City police department1,519 served
- Muncy Township Police DepartmentCity police department1,200 served
- No name PA0411000City police department1,184 served
- Bureau of Forestry: Lycoming CountyOther state agency
- Forest Rangers: Tiadaghton State Forest District 12Other state agency
- Loyalsock Township School DistrictOther agency
- Lycoming County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff or county police
- Office of Attorney General Region 2: Lycoming CountyOther state agency
- No name PA0412600Other agency
- Pennsylvania College of TechnologyCollege or university police
- State Park Rangers: Little PineOther 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 | 69 | 82 | 83 | 71 | 68 | 126 | 270 |
| Murder | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 6.8 | |
| Rape | 41 | 39 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 53 | 31 |
| Robbery | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 61 |
| Aggravated assault | 26 | 37 | 47 | 44 | 39 | 65 | 170 |
| Property crime | 440 | 440 | 544 | 460 | 401 | 774 | 1,445 |
| Burglary | 62 | 43 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 89 | 133 |
| Larceny | 351 | 369 | 456 | 380 | 331 | 639 | 1,108 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 27 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 46 | 204 |
| Arson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 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 | 1,436 | 1,220 | 1,416 | 1,398 | 1,247 | 2,276 | 2,703 |
| Simple assault and intimidation | 492 | 467 | 642 | 574 | 532 | 917 | 897 |
| Vandalism | 147 | 123 | 168 | 151 | 125 | 242 | 580 |
| Fraud | 430 | 265 | 136 | 142 | 119 | 370 | 415 |
| Drug abuse violations | 231 | 227 | 317 | 410 | 346 | 519 | 475 |
| Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. | 43 | 31 | 37 | 34 | 24 | 57 | 158 |
| Stolen property: buying, receiving, possessing | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| Embezzlement | 13 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 25 | 16 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 41 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 36 | 69 | 51 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 4.9 | |
| Other Group A offenses | 20 | 38 | 43 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 44 |
| Manslaughter by negligence (not in the total) | 2 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.2 |
Offenses agencies in Lycoming 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.