Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOn property crime, Edgewood has a higher rate per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
Overall, it grades C for safety (#513 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania). Add to that, the rate the grade counts climbed 31% from 2023 to 2025. Each year brought 1.6 violent crimes and 25.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania).
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of PA” is every other Pennsylvania city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Edgewood
Edgewood reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on Edgewood’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Wilkinsburg (D). Swissvale and Braddock Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Edgewood’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 11% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 25% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Edgewood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Edgewood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Edgewood property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Edgewood violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.9 | 19.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 22.4 | 17.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 29.9 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Edgewood | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Edgewood’s police reported 14 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Edgewood per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
99 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from Pennsylvania State Police UCR, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
9 violent and 90 property, as reported to the FBI by Edgewood’s police.
One person died in crashes on Edgewood’s roads in 2019–2023
Edgewood had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Edgewood’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Edgewood’s own rate (6.5) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Edgewood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | C | 1.6 | 25.4 |
| Swissvale | — | — | — |
| Braddock Hills | — | — | — |
| Wilkinsburg | D | 6.4 | 20.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Swissvale and Braddock Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | C | 1.6 | 25.4 |
| Womelsdorf | A+ | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Churchill | A− | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Orwigsburg | A− | 0.9 | 5.3 |
| Sharpsburg | B | 1.3 | 8.5 |
| Harmar Township | C | 1.9 | 20.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Edgewood’s population (2,997), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Edgewood. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Edgewood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,007 in 2025); our figure for Edgewood is 2,997 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Edgewood
Is Edgewood, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Edgewood reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #513 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Edgewood?
1.6 violent and 25.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Edgewood safer than Wilkinsburg?
Wilkinsburg reports more crime per resident than Edgewood: Wilkinsburg grades D for safety and Edgewood C. Wilkinsburg’s police reported 6.4 violent and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Edgewood?
Edgewood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Edgewood Police Department”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.