Monroe County
167,179 people, served by 18 police agencies that report to the FBI.
How a case moves here
Monroe 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
- Coolbaugh township20,715
- Stroud township19,764
- Chestnuthill township16,654
- Middle Smithfield township16,010
- Pocono township10,860
- East Stroudsburg borough9,319
- Hamilton township8,556
- Tobyhanna township8,340
- Smithfield township7,953
- Polk township7,419
- Tunkhannock township6,979
- Jackson township6,532
- Stroudsburg borough5,894
- Ross township5,488
- Barrett township4,038
- Price township3,734
- Mount Pocono borough3,072
- Paradise township2,906
- Eldred township2,544
- Delaware Water Gap borough738
Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Monroe County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.
Police agencies
- State Police: Monroe CountyState police agency76,655 served
- Pocono Mountain Regional Police DepartmentCity police department42,762 served
- Stroud Area Regional Police DepartmentCity police department34,731 served
- No name PA0450500City police department20,523 served
- Pocono Township Police DepartmentCity police department10,744 served
- No name PA0450200City police department9,401 served
- No name PA0451300City police department6,896 served
- No name PA0450300City police department5,790 served
- No name PA0450400City police department3,985 served
- No name PA0450600City police department3,027 served
- Delaware Water Gap Police DepartmentCity police department663 served
- Bureau of Forestry: Monroe CountyOther state agency
- County Detective: Monroe CountyOther agency
- East Stroudsburg UniversityCollege or university police
- Forest Rangers: Delaware State Forest District 19Other state agency
- Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff or county police
- Office of Attorney General Region 1: Monroe CountyOther state agency
- State Park Rangers: TobyhannaOther 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 | 111 | 88 | 190 | 160 | 143 | 131 | 270 |
| Murder | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 6.8 | |
| Rape | 35 | 27 | 40 | 42 | 32 | 33 | 31 |
| Robbery | 9 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 61 |
| Aggravated assault | 65 | 48 | 121 | 99 | 99 | 81 | 170 |
| Property crime | 605 | 531 | 1,464 | 1,476 | 1,098 | 976 | 1,445 |
| Burglary | 113 | 71 | 117 | 116 | 102 | 98 | 133 |
| Larceny | 450 | 421 | 1,296 | 1,298 | 953 | 833 | 1,108 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 42 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 43 | 45 | 204 |
| Arson | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5.8 | 12 |
Outside the crime index
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Per 100k | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All offenses outside the crime index | 3,137 | 2,244 | 4,023 | 3,917 | 3,366 | 3,148 | 2,703 |
| Simple assault and intimidation | 627 | 671 | 1,370 | 1,428 | 1,348 | 1,027 | 897 |
| Vandalism | 256 | 228 | 336 | 377 | 348 | 291 | 580 |
| Fraud | 716 | 306 | 630 | 543 | 422 | 494 | 415 |
| Drug abuse violations | 1,140 | 661 | 1,120 | 1,062 | 869 | 915 | 475 |
| Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. | 86 | 84 | 201 | 149 | 103 | 118 | 158 |
| Stolen property: buying, receiving, possessing | 31 | 33 | 70 | 62 | 28 | 42 | 27 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 157 | 136 | 136 | 106 | 84 | 117 | 31 |
| Embezzlement | 29 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 24 | 16 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 53 | 38 | 51 | 63 | 60 | 50 | 51 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 1 | 1 | 2 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 4.9 | ||
| Gambling | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.8 |
| Other Group A offenses | 41 | 55 | 87 | 107 | 71 | 68 | 44 |
| Manslaughter by negligence (not in the total) | 1 | 1 | 4 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.2 | ||
| Human trafficking (not in the total) | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 0.7 |
Offenses agencies in Monroe 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.