Gilfillan Farm · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Upper St. Clair Township rose 35% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Upper St. Clair Township grades B+ for safety (#318 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): less crime per resident than 68% 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 Upper St. Clair Township
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Pennsylvania towns on Upper St. Clair Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: South Fayette Township (A), Mount Lebanon (A−), Peters Township (A−), Bethel Park (A−), Scott Township (A−), Bridgeville (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, closer to the middle
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Upper St. Clair Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 68% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Upper St. Clair 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.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
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| Year | Upper St. Clair Township property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | Upper St. Clair Township violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.0 | 19.1 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Upper St. Clair Township’s police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 | Upper St. Clair Township | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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.
249 crimes reported in 2025
9 violent and 240 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper St. Clair 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.
No one died in a crash on Upper St. Clair Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 Upper St. Clair Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper St. Clair Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Upper St. Clair Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper St. Clair Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Bridgeville | B | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| Scott Township | A− | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Bethel Park | A− | 0.5 | 6.9 |
| Peters Township | A− | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| Mount Lebanon | A− | 0.6 | 5.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper St. Clair Township | B+ | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Murrysville | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Whitpain Township | A | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| Baldwin | A− | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Phoenixville | A− | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| Lower Southampton Township | B | 0.8 | 10.6 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to Upper St. Clair Township’s population (20,466), 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 Upper St. Clair 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 Upper St. Clair Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,493 in 2025); our figure for Upper St. Clair Township is 20,466 (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 Upper St. Clair Township
Is Upper St. Clair Township, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Upper St. Clair Township reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #318 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 0.2 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 Upper St. Clair Township?
0.2 violent and 10.9 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 Upper St. Clair Township?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Upper St. Clair Township safer than South Fayette Township?
South Fayette Township reports less crime per resident than Upper St. Clair Township: South Fayette Township grades A for safety and Upper St. Clair Township B+. South Fayette Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 2.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Upper St. Clair Township?
Upper St. Clair Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper St. Clair Township”. 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.