Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Scott Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Scott Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #259 of 578 graded towns in 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 Scott Township
2 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on Scott Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Green Tree (A), Mount Lebanon (A−), Upper St. Clair Township (B+), Collier Township (B+), Carnegie (B), Bridgeville (B), Pittsburgh (D). Heidelberg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Scott Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 76% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Scott Township’s 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Scott Township’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 | Scott Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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 | Scott Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Scott Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.0 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 16.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
116 crimes reported in 2025
12 violent and 104 property, as reported to the FBI by Scott Township’s police.
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 FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
Two people died in crashes on Scott Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Scott Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) 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 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Scott Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Scott Township’s own rate (2.3) 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.
Scott Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | A− | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Mount Lebanon | A− | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| Collier Township | B+ | 0.4 | 11.2 |
| Upper St. Clair Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Carnegie | B | 0.6 | 11.4 |
| Heidelberg | — | — | — |
| Pittsburgh | D | 4.7 | 23.8 |
| Bridgeville | B | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| Green Tree | A | 0.6 | 2.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Heidelberg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | A− | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Forks Township | A | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Hilltown Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| Butler Township | B− | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| Upper Chichester Township | C+ | 1.6 | 14.9 |
| McKeesport | D− | 15.6 | 25.2 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Scott Township’s population (16,838), 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 Scott Township. 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 Scott Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,283 in 2025); our figure for Scott Township is 16,838 (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 Scott Township
Is Scott Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Scott Township reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #259 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.6 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 Scott Township?
0.6 violent and 7.2 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 Scott Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Scott Township safer than Mount Lebanon?
Mount Lebanon reports less crime per resident than Scott Township: Mount Lebanon grades A− for safety and Scott Township A−. Mount Lebanon’s police reported 0.6 violent and 5.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Scott Township?
Scott Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Scott Township Police Department, Allegheny County”. 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.