Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jefferson Hills Borough, PA Crime Grade
How Jefferson Hills Borough grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Pennsylvania — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
4/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Jefferson Hills Borough, PA was 48.9 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 12,258). That puts Jefferson Hills Borough 85% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 79% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Jefferson Hills Borough #486 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 87% of them, and #85 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 69% year over year and down 78% over the last five years.
Jefferson Hills Borough, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 48.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #486 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #85 of 240
- Safer than
- 87% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 69%
- 5-year change
- down 78%
- Population
- 12,258
- Reporting agency
- Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department (FBI ORI PA0027500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Jefferson Hills Borough, PA
Also known as
- Jefferson
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Jefferson Hills Borough (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jefferson Hills Borough vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 223.0(25) | 80.7(9) | 57.2(7) | 157.1(19) | 48.9(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 8.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 214.1(24) | 80.7(9) | 57.2(7) | 148.8(18) | 48.9(6) |
| Property crime | 553.0(62) | 286.9(32) | 588.3(72) | 570.4(69) | 383.4(47) |
| Burglary | 53.5(6) | 26.9(3) | 24.5(3) | 16.5(2) | 32.6(4) |
| Larceny | 472.7(53) | 242.1(27) | 531.1(65) | 504.3(61) | 334.5(41) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 26.8(3) | 17.9(2) | 32.7(4) | 41.3(5) | 8.2(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Jefferson Hills Borough, PA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Jefferson Hills Borough Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Jefferson Hills Borough calculated?
- Jefferson Hills Borough's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Pennsylvania state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Jefferson Hills Borough Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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