Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in McKees Rocks than in 95% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 96%. Add to that, the grade is D, built on crimes McKees Rocks’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #569 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. In a usual year, 6.3 violent crimes and 38.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Pennsylvania, 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 McKees Rocks
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Pennsylvania towns on McKees Rocks’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Kennedy Township (C), Stowe Township (C−), Pittsburgh (D). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 McKees Rocks’ 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in McKees Rocks 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | McKees Rocks | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
McKees Rocks’ police reported 107 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | McKees Rocks property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | McKees Rocks violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.0 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 39.6 | 17.3 | 5.9 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 40.6 | 16.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
252 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.
23 violent and 229 property, as reported to the FBI by McKees Rocks’ police.
Two people died in crashes on McKees Rocks’s roads in 2019–2023
McKees Rocks had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 McKees Rocks’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so McKees Rocks’s own rate (6.9) 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.
McKees Rocks and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKees Rocks | D | 6.3 | 38.7 |
| Pittsburgh | D | 4.7 | 23.8 |
| Stowe Township | C− | 3.9 | 21.3 |
| Kennedy Township | C | 2.9 | 14.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKees Rocks | D | 6.3 | 38.7 |
| Palmerton | A− | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Scott Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| Cambria Township | B+ | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| Shippensburg | B | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Mount Carmel | B− | 1.2 | 14.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to McKees Rocks’ population (5,624), 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 McKees Rocks. 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 McKees Rocks’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,642 in 2025); our figure for McKees Rocks is 5,624 (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 McKees Rocks
Is McKees Rocks, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, McKees Rocks reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #569 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 6.3 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 McKees Rocks?
6.3 violent and 38.7 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 McKees Rocks safer than Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh reports less crime per resident than McKees Rocks: Pittsburgh grades D for safety and McKees Rocks D. Pittsburgh’s police reported 4.7 violent and 23.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices McKees Rocks?
McKees Rocks’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “McKees Rocks”. 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.