Pittsburgh, PA crime rate
In 2025 the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police reported 467.7 violent crimes and 2,369.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Pennsylvania and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Pittsburgh compare with Pennsylvania and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Pittsburgh only.
What offenses were reported in Pittsburgh, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Pennsylvania | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,435 | 467.7 | 226.8 | 327.6 | up 7.3% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Murder | 31 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | down 17.9% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Rape | 178 | 58.0 | 26.0 | 36.1 | up 7.6% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 397 | 129.4 | 44.7 | 49.4 | up 1.8% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 829 | 270.2 | 151.9 | 238.0 | up 11.3% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 7,270 | 2,369.7 | 1,323.8 | 1,534.8 | up 2.3% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 690 | 224.9 | 104.5 | 193.6 | down 3.4% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 5,540 | 1,805.8 | 1,032.7 | 1,144.1 | up 5.3% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 959 | 312.6 | 186.5 | 197.0 | down 9.2% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
| Arson | 81 | 26.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 13.3% | 2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and sent to the FBI. Pennsylvania and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Pittsburgh | United States | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 8 of 12 months | 387.0 | 281.8 |
| 2022 | 506.7 | 388.7 | 287.2 |
| 2023 | 506.5 | 379.5 | 267.9 |
| 2024 | 436.0 | 362.9 | 250.1 |
| 2025 | 467.7 | 327.6 | 226.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 8 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Pittsburgh | United States | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 8 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,246.3 |
| 2022 | 2,228.7 | 1,973.8 | 1,503.4 |
| 2023 | 2,531.9 | 1,934.1 | 1,564.5 |
| 2024 | 2,315.7 | 1,761.1 | 1,447.6 |
| 2025 | 2,369.7 | 1,534.8 | 1,323.8 |
Is Pittsburgh safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police reported, 467.7 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Pennsylvania's 226.8, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 7.3% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Pittsburgh police had 1,435 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 467.7 per 100,000 residents covered by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Against the FBI's estimates for the same year, it was 2.1 times the Pennsylvania rate of 226.8 and 1.4 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime reached 2,369.7 per 100,000, above the state's 1,323.8 and the national 1,534.8.
2021 is a partial year: 8 of 12 months, so the comparisons here start in 2022. From 2022 to 2025 violent crime fell 7.7%, from 506.7, while property crime rose 6.3%. The last year ran the other way for violent crime, which was up 7.3% from 2024.
Murder had the largest fall of the violent offenses since 2022, 53.7%, to 10.1 per 100,000, or 31 homicides. Rape rose the most, 119.7% from 2022, to 58.0 per 100,000. Motor vehicle theft had the largest rise of the property offenses from 2022 to 2025, 49.7%.
It then fell 9.2% from 2024 to 2025, the largest fall in that group for the year. Larceny-theft accounted for 76% of property crime. NIBRS reporting began in 2023, and all 12 months were sent for each full year shown.
The Allegheny County Police Department, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office and University of Pittsburgh police report separately, and their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.68 per 1,000 residents (779 officers, 42 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Pennsylvania cities
The nearest Pennsylvania cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (ORI PAPPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Pennsylvania and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_PAPPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PAPPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_PAPPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)