Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSewickley Heights goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Count 21 graded towns in the 10 miles around. Sewickley Heights’ police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Sewickley, 2 miles away, at A−.
1 crime reported in 2025
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type 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.
0 violent and 1 property, as reported to the FBI by Sewickley Heights’ police.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewickley | A− | 2 mi | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| Coraopolis | C+ | 3 mi | 3.2 | 9.6 |
| Ohio Township | A | 3 mi | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Franklin Park | A+ | 4 mi | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Ambridge | D | 4 mi | 10.7 | 14.2 |
| Moon Township | A− | 4 mi | 0.7 | 6.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sewickley Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sewickley Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Sewickley Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Sewickley Heights had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Sewickley Heights’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sewickley Heights’s own rate (29.0) 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.
Sewickley Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewickley | A− | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| Aleppo Township | — | — | — |
| Edgeworth | — | — | — |
| Bell Acres | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Aleppo Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Edgeworth reported to the FBI for 2024 but not 2023 or 2025. Bell Acres reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Sewickley Heights. 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 Sewickley Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (818 in 2025); our figure for Sewickley Heights is 827 (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 Sewickley Heights
Is Sewickley Heights, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sewickley Heights. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Sewickley (A−, 2 mi), Coraopolis (C+, 3 mi), Ohio Township (A, 3 mi).
Who polices Sewickley Heights?
Sewickley Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sewickley Heights”. 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.