Wilkinsburg, PA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wilkinsburg, PA Summary

Crime in Wilkinsburg research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Wilkinsburg over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Wilkinsburg:

  • There were 413 total crimes committed in Wilkinsburg in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,026.5 total crimes per 100K people in Wilkinsburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Wilkinsburg is 42.81% above the national average.
  • Wilkinsburg ranks #846 safest out of 880 cities in Pennsylvania.
  • Wilkinsburg ranks #8,610 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Wilkinsburg Vs Pennsylvania And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wilkinsburg is 3,026.5 per 100,000 people. That's 42.81% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 80.08% higher than the Pennsylvania total crime rate of 1,680.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wilkinsburg
/ 100k People
Pennsylvania
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 413 3,026.5 1,680.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 14.7 5.0 5.0
Robbery 20 146.6 51.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 49 359.1 161.4 256.0
Violent Crime 80 586.3 245.6 359.0
Burglary 73 535.0 116.7 229.0
Larceny 165 1,209.1 1,129.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 95 696.2 188.5 259.0
Property Crime 333 2,440.3 1,435.0 1,760.0

Wilkinsburg Crime Compared To Pennsylvania Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Pennsylvania.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Wilkinsburg

80
Violent Crimes
586.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
63.30%
Above The National Average
  • There were 80 violent crimes in Wilkinsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wilkinsburg is 586.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 170.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wilkinsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 407.1 chance statewide.
  • That's 63.30% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 138.69% higher than the Pennsylvania violent crime rate of 245.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wilkinsburg

333
Property Crimes
2,440.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
38.65%
Above The National Average
  • There were 333 property crimes in Wilkinsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wilkinsburg is 2,440.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 41.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wilkinsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 38.65% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 70.05% higher than the Pennsylvania property crime rate of 1,435.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wilkinsburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Franklin Park, PA 14,871 43 289.2 215.2 74.0
Whitehall, PA 14,475 89 614.9 518.1 96.7
Pleasant Hills, PA 8,268 99 1,197.4 1,185.3 12.1
Swissvale, PA 8,188 183 2,235.0 1,917.4 317.5
Castle Shannon, PA 8,039 28 348.3 323.4 24.9
Dormont, PA 7,833 51 651.1 574.5 76.6
Forest Hills, PA 6,825 62 908.4 805.9 102.6
Fox Chapel, PA 5,129 15 292.5 292.5 0.0
Churchill, PA 2,998 9 300.2 266.8 33.4
Edgewood, PA 2,991 68 2,273.5 2,240.1 33.4

Wilkinsburg SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
6
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