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Pittsburgh Bureau of, PA crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Aug 2026

Apr–Aug 2026 look incomplete so far (reports are still coming in), so this compares Jan–Mar 2026.

About normal for Pittsburgh Bureau of
2,058 violent and property crimes reported, Jan–Mar 2026
Usual for these months
2,108
Per 1,000 residents, past year
29.4
Pennsylvania overall: 15.3
Residents served
306,794
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Jan 2022, Jan 2024 – Feb 2024, Jun 2025, Apr 2026, Aug 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Next to similar-size cities

Among the 77 city police departments serving 250,000–more residents in the 51 states loaded so far: violent crime 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year (42% of them report less), property crime 24.7 per 1,000 (53% report less).

The FBI warns against ranking places with these numbers: visitors, commuters, and how each department records and reports crime all differ. Treat this as context, not a grade.

Is Pittsburgh Bureau of safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Pittsburgh Bureau of has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 29.4 per 1,000 residents against 15.3 across Pennsylvania. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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