CrimeMetric

Crime in Scottdale, Pennsylvania

Major crime in Scottdale is 21% below the U.S. rate per resident: 13% lower for persons crimes and 23% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
79
21% below the U.S. rate
6% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 6.8% in a year
Persons crimes
87
13% below the U.S. rate
25% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 3.5% in a year
Property crimes
77
23% below the U.S. rate
11% below the Pennsylvania rate
down 7.5% in a year
Social disorder
109
9% above the U.S. rate
25% above the Pennsylvania rate
down 6.2% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 41% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Scottdale for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Scottdale

Scottdale is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 87; the middle half of residents live where it is between 87 and 91.

Map of Scottdale, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5024.0%
  • 50–10076.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm75
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am85
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm80
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am78
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 6.8% in a year; across Pennsylvania it fell 8.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-6.8%PA -8.6%-16.3%PA -14.0%
Persons crimes-3.5%PA -5.5%-4.1%PA -6.0%
Property crimes-7.5%PA -9.2%-19.3%PA -15.4%
Social disorder-6.2%PA -6.1%-11.4%PA -8.5%

Change in expected crimes, with Pennsylvania as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Scottdale against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

588 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Scottdale; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Spencer, OK4,274205
Burbank, CA4,272194
Mather, CA4,276168
Scottdale, PA4,26979
Waukon, IA4,27426

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Scottdale has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Mount Pleasant (4 mi), is 80% below Scottdale's rate.

Uniontown16 mi220
Monessen16 mi90
California16 mi86
Scottdale79
Jeannette16 mi63
Greensburg14 mi51
Donora15 mi50

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Scottdale

What are the most common crimes in Scottdale?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 19 a year), shoplifting (about 17 a year) and aggravated assault (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 41% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Scottdale's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Scottdale has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • 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: 4,269. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Scottdale, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/pa/scottdale

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100