Tioga County
40,502 people, served by 17 police agencies that report to the FBI.
How a case moves here
Tioga 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
- Charleston township3,531
- Wellsboro borough3,437
- Mansfield borough2,990
- Delmar township2,783
- Richmond township2,029
- Jackson township1,806
- Blossburg borough1,739
- Lawrence township1,729
- Elkland borough1,588
- Sullivan township1,365
- Westfield borough1,189
- Middlebury township1,186
- Union township1,007
- Covington township921
- Liberty township902
- Tioga township851
- Farmington township798
- Knoxville borough784
- Westfield township771
- Hamilton township756
- Osceola township742
- Lawrenceville borough707
- Clymer township676
- Morris township641
- Rutland township620
- Chatham township604
- Tioga borough598
- Deerfield township567
- Nelson township566
- Gaines township559
- Shippen township477
- Bloss township456
- Brookfield township384
- Putnam township374
- Liberty borough268
- Duncan township188
- Roseville borough164
- Ward township157
- Elk township35
Every city, village, town, and township with any of its land in Tioga County, largest first. Population, the whole place's: Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024.
Police agencies
- State Police: Tioga CountyState police agency25,712 served
- Wellsboro Police DepartmentCity police department3,410 served
- Mansfield Police DepartmentCity police department2,966 served
- Lawrence Township Police Department, Tioga CountyCity police department2,848 served
- Elkland Police DepartmentCity police department1,778 served
- Blossburg Police DepartmentCity police department1,503 served
- Westfield Police DepartmentCity police department1,095 served
- Gaines Township Police DepartmentCity police department602 served
- Osceola Township Police DepartmentCity police department577 served
- Bureau of Forestry: Tioga CountyOther state agency
- County Detective: Tioga CountyOther agency
- Forest Rangers: Tioga State Forest District 16Other state agency
- Mansfield UniversityCollege or university police
- Office of Attorney General Region 2: Tioga CountyOther state agency
- State Park Rangers: Hills CreekOther state agency
- State Park Rangers: Leonard HarrisonOther state agency
- Tioga County Sheriff's OfficeSheriff or county police
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 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 26 | 112 | 270 |
| Murder | 2 | 1 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 6.8 | ||
| Rape | 12 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 50 | 31 |
| Robbery | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 61 |
| Aggravated assault | 7 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 52 | 170 |
| Property crime | 204 | 222 | 201 | 187 | 193 | 779 | 1,445 |
| Burglary | 42 | 62 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 186 | 133 |
| Larceny | 147 | 134 | 143 | 131 | 132 | 531 | 1,108 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 15 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 61 | 204 |
| Arson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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 | 605 | 524 | 453 | 551 | 470 | 2,013 | 2,703 |
| Simple assault and intimidation | 217 | 215 | 206 | 232 | 252 | 868 | 897 |
| Vandalism | 85 | 89 | 78 | 80 | 67 | 309 | 580 |
| Fraud | 141 | 68 | 52 | 53 | 50 | 281 | 415 |
| Drug abuse violations | 101 | 83 | 56 | 139 | 57 | 337 | 475 |
| Weapons: carrying, possessing, etc. | 17 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 70 | 158 |
| Stolen property: buying, receiving, possessing | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 27 |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 31 |
| Embezzlement | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 |
| Sex offenses (except rape and prostitution) | 18 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 51 |
| Prostitution and commercialized vice | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 4.9 | ||||
| Other Group A offenses | 13 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 44 |
| Manslaughter by negligence (not in the total) | 2 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 1.2 | |||
| Human trafficking (not in the total) | 1 | 1 | Too few for a rate: the count is under 20. | 0.7 |
Offenses agencies in Tioga 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.