Girard Pennsylvania

Girard, Pennsylvania has recorded 21 homicides over the tracked period, with 25 victims identified. Tracking continues through 2026. The city ranks #193 among 339 U.S. cities tracked by the FBI, with a clearance rate of 14% — meaning an arrest or suspect identification was made in 3 of those incidents, while 11 remain open. The weapon mix skews toward firearm - type unknowns (roughly 29% of cases with weapon data), with firearm - handgun, firearm - shotgun, knife/cutting instrument as the next-most-frequent categories. The single deadliest month on record was October 2022, with 5 homicides logged. Reporting is dominated by Girard Police Department, which filed 21 incident reports. The annual homicide count runs 77% below the per-city average for the FBI's tracking universe. Pennsylvania's statewide firearms policy — a permit-to-purchase handgun requirement in major cities — is part of the regulatory backdrop for the local dynamic, even as the city-level pattern is shaped most directly by community-level conditions and the broader opioid and fentanyl crisis. For broader statewide context, see our Pennsylvania state homicide data page. The Murder Channel's Pennsylvania coverage provides ongoing context for this city's homicide patterns as new FBI UCR reports are released.