Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Penn Hills, PA Crime Grade
How Penn Hills 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
10/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Penn Hills, PA was 375.0 per 100,000 residents (147 incidents over a population of 39,203). That puts Penn Hills Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 250.9.
That ranks Penn Hills #2,946 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #221 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is up 13% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
Penn Hills, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 375.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,946 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #221 of 240
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 13%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 39,203
- Reporting agency
- Penn Hills Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Penn Hills Police Department (FBI ORI PA0021900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Penn Hills (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Penn Hills vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 410.8(169) | 404.3(165) | 251.0(102) | 332.6(132) | 375.0(147) |
| Murder | 4.9(2) | 17.2(7) | 7.4(3) | 5.0(2) | 2.6(1) |
| Rape | 19.4(8) | 44.1(18) | 19.7(8) | 22.7(9) | 61.2(24) |
| Robbery | 89.9(37) | 102.9(42) | 68.9(28) | 50.4(20) | 43.4(17) |
| Aggravated assault | 296.5(122) | 240.1(98) | 155.0(63) | 254.5(101) | 267.8(105) |
| Property crime | 1645.5(677) | 2038.8(832) | 1631.6(663) | 1264.7(502) | 1079.0(423) |
| Burglary | 277.1(114) | 355.3(145) | 231.3(94) | 216.7(86) | 135.2(53) |
| Larceny | 1220.1(502) | 1440.9(588) | 1203.4(489) | 891.9(354) | 749.9(294) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 141.0(58) | 213.2(87) | 172.3(70) | 128.5(51) | 173.5(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Penn Hills, 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 Penn Hills 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 Penn Hills calculated?
- Penn Hills'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 Penn Hills 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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