Photo: Avicennasis · CC BY-SA 3.0Monroeville reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Monroeville grades C for safety (#501 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Monroeville
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Monroeville’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Penn Township (A+), Murrysville (A+), Turtle Creek (A−), Trafford (B+), North Versailles Township (B−). Plum reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Penn Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Wilkins Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Monroeville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 13% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Monroeville has 21,713 jobs based in town for 27,685 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Monroeville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Monroeville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Monroeville’s police reported 119 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Monroeville | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 22 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Monroeville property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Monroeville violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23.4 | 19.0 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 24.2 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 22.3 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
663 crimes reported in 2025
42 violent and 621 property, as reported to the FBI by Monroeville’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Monroeville’s roads in 2019–2023
Monroeville had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Monroeville’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Monroeville’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Monroeville and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroeville | C | 1.4 | 23.3 |
| Murrysville | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Plum | — | — | — |
| Penn Hills | — | — | — |
| Trafford | B+ | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| Penn Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Turtle Creek | A− | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| Wilkins Township | — | — | — |
| North Versailles Township | B− | 1.3 | 14.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Plum reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Penn Hills reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Wilkins Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroeville | C | 1.4 | 23.3 |
| Horsham Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| East Hempfield Township | B+ | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Williamsport | C+ | 1.8 | 15.5 |
| Springettsbury Township | C+ | 1.1 | 20.8 |
| Swatara Township | C | 1.6 | 25.1 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Monroeville’s population (27,685), by grade.
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 Monroeville. 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 Monroeville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,797 in 2025); our figure for Monroeville is 27,685 (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 Monroeville
Is Monroeville, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Monroeville reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #501 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 1.4 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 Monroeville?
1.4 violent and 23.3 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 crime going up or down in Monroeville?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Monroeville in 2025?
Monroeville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Monroeville safer than Murrysville?
Murrysville reports less crime per resident than Monroeville: Murrysville grades A+ for safety and Monroeville C. Murrysville’s police reported 0.1 violent and 2.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Monroeville?
Monroeville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Monroeville”. 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.