Crime in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Penn Hills at 20% below the U.S. rate per resident: 19% lower for persons crimes and 20% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 6.2% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Penn Hills and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 13.7 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.5 violent, 11.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Penn Hills is higher than 60% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 51% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Penn Hills's 37 census block groups for 39,778 residents. How Pennsylvania residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 32.2%, summary counts only for 35.0%, estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 24.9% and no reporting agency of their own for 8.0% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Penn Hills.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Penn Hills
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 48 and 88.
- 0–5033.0%
- 50–10055.2%
- 100–2007.1%
- 200–4003.4%
- 400+1.2%
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Motor vehicle theft stands out most, at 45% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime rose 6.2% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Pennsylvania in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Penn Hills against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
413 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Penn Hills's, and 177 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Penn Hills's major-crime index is higher than 4 and lower than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Verona (2 mi), is 2.4 times Penn Hills's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Penn Hills
Is Penn Hills safe?
Penn Hills's major-crime index is 80, 20% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 60% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 19% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 20% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Penn Hills?
The model expects about 546 major crimes a year in Penn Hills, about 13.7 per 1,000 residents, 20% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Penn Hills?
Expected major crimes in Penn Hills are up 6.2% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Penn Hills?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 167 a year), shoplifting (about 96 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 92 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Penn Hills?
The model expects about 40 thefts from vehicles a year in Penn Hills, 62% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Penn Hills?
The model expects about 92 motor vehicle thefts a year in Penn Hills, 45% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Penn Hills safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 71 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 92 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Penn Hills higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Penn Hills's major-crime index is 80, about the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Penn Hills compare with Verona?
Verona, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 192, 2.4 times Penn Hills's rate per resident. Penn Hills's is 80.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Penn Hills's figures add up its 37 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Penn Hills's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 39,778. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/penn-hills
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