Photo: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia · Public domainOn property crime, West Mifflin has a higher rate per resident than four in five U.S. towns
5 of the 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crimes West Mifflin’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #535 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania. The yearly rates were 3.5 violent crimes and 23.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of 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 West Mifflin
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Pennsylvania towns on West Mifflin’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Baldwin (A−), Jefferson Hills (A−), Munhall (B−), Glassport (C+), Duquesne (C−), Pittsburgh (D). Dravosburg has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Whitaker reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
West Mifflin has 13,524 jobs based in town for 18,707 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 West Mifflin’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in West Mifflin 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 3 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 | West Mifflin | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Mifflin’s police reported 200 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 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 is steady
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| Year | West Mifflin property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | West Mifflin violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 30.4 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 23.1 | 19.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 26.4 | 17.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 20.5 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
446 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.
61 violent and 385 property, as reported to the FBI by West Mifflin’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on West Mifflin’s roads in 2019–2023
West Mifflin had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 West Mifflin’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Mifflin’s own rate (7.3) 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.
West Mifflin and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mifflin | C− | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| Dravosburg | — | — | — |
| Munhall | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Duquesne | C− | 5.7 | 12.0 |
| Pittsburgh | D | 4.7 | 23.8 |
| Baldwin | A− | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Glassport | C+ | 2.6 | 14.3 |
| Jefferson Hills | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Whitaker | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dravosburg has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Whitaker reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mifflin | C− | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| South Fayette Township | A | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| Ferguson Township | A− | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Penn Township | B+ | 1.4 | 7.7 |
| East Lampeter Township | C+ | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| Plymouth Township | D | 1.3 | 55.4 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to West Mifflin’s population (18,707), 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 West Mifflin. 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 West Mifflin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,738 in 2025); our figure for West Mifflin is 18,707 (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 West Mifflin
Is West Mifflin, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Mifflin reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #535 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 3.5 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 West Mifflin?
3.5 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 West Mifflin safer than Munhall?
Munhall reports less crime per resident than West Mifflin: Munhall grades B− for safety and West Mifflin C−. Munhall’s police reported 1.6 violent and 13.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Mifflin?
West Mifflin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Mifflin”. 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.