Crime in Shaler, Pennsylvania
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Shaler at 75% below the U.S. rate per resident: 89% lower for persons crimes and 72% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 27.1% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Shaler. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 4.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.3 violent, 3.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Shaler is lower than 84% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places and 91% 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 Shaler's 19 census block groups for 26,644 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 Shaler.
- 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 Shaler
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 11 and 28.
- 0–5089.5%
- 50–10010.5%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Shaler is near or below 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 fell 27.1% 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.
Shaler against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
1,055 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Shaler's, and 52 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Shaler's major-crime index is lower than 7 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Glenshaw (1 mi), is within 15% of Shaler's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Shaler
Is Shaler safe?
Shaler's major-crime index is 25, 75% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 84% of the 478 other Pennsylvania places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 89% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 72% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Shaler?
The model expects about 113 major crimes a year in Shaler, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents, 75% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Shaler?
Expected major crimes in Shaler are down 27.1% from a year earlier; across Pennsylvania they're down 8.6%.
What are the most common crimes in Shaler?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 39 a year), other larceny (about 28 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 19 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Shaler?
The model expects about 19 thefts from vehicles a year in Shaler, 73% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Shaler?
The model expects about 8 motor vehicle thefts a year in Shaler, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Shaler safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 22 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 30 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 Shaler higher than the Pennsylvania average?
Shaler's major-crime index is 25, 71% below the Pennsylvania rate per resident. Pennsylvania as a whole is 84, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Shaler compare with Glenshaw?
Glenshaw, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 27, within 15% of Shaler's rate per resident. Shaler's is 25.
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. Shaler's figures add up its 19 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Shaler has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 26,644. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Shaler, Pennsylvania." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/pa/shaler
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