Photo: JeffersonHills · CC BY-SA 3.0Jefferson Hills records less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns
A Safety Grade of A− follows from crimes Jefferson Hills’ police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #231 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. What’s more, its police logs show 0.9 violent crime and 5.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Pennsylvania the numbers are 2.9 and 17.5.
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 Jefferson Hills
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Pennsylvania towns on Jefferson Hills’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: South Park Township (A), Pleasant Hills (B+), West Mifflin (C−). Clairton reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Forward Township, Elizabeth and Union Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Jefferson Hills’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 60% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 79% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Jefferson Hills’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Jefferson Hills | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Jefferson Hills’ police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Jefferson Hills 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Jefferson Hills property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Jefferson Hills violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
52 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.
6 violent and 46 property, as reported to the FBI by Jefferson Hills’ police.
Four people died in crashes on Jefferson Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Jefferson Hills had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Jefferson Hills’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jefferson Hills’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.
Jefferson Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Hills | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Clairton | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Hills | B+ | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| South Park Township | A | 0.2 | 3.2 |
| West Mifflin | C− | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| Forward Township | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth | — | — | — |
| Union Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clairton reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Forward Township, Elizabeth and Union Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Hills | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| New Britain Township | A | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| West Deer Township | A | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Elizabeth Township | A− | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| Lower Gwynedd Township | B+ | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| St. Marys | B | 1.7 | 6.8 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Jefferson Hills’ population (12,357), 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 Jefferson Hills. 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 Jefferson Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,258 in 2025); our figure for Jefferson Hills is 12,357 (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 Jefferson Hills
Is Jefferson Hills, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jefferson Hills reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #231 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.9 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 Jefferson Hills?
0.9 violent and 5.1 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 Jefferson Hills safer than Pleasant Hills?
Pleasant Hills reports more crime per resident than Jefferson Hills: Pleasant Hills grades B+ for safety and Jefferson Hills A−. Pleasant Hills’s police reported 0.2 violent and 12.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jefferson Hills?
Jefferson Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jefferson Hills Borough”. 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.