Sewickley Heights, PA Property Crime Rates and Maps

Sewickley Heights is a borough of 729 in Allegheny County, about 11 miles northwest of downtown Pittsburgh · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Sewickley Heights?

Sewickley Heights has less property crime than most US neighborhoods: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live. Theft makes up 74% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.

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Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 958 of 1,000
Less property crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

89% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Sewickley Heights as a whole, and 11% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sewickley Heights scores 958.

Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 969 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods
A+
Violent crimeSafety score 974 of 1,000Less violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Sewickley Heights

Map of Sewickley Heights shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Sewickley Heights, PA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sewickley Heights, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.

Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports


What stands out about property crime in Sewickley Heights

Crime per resident runs higher than the grade. Sewickley Heights draws many workers, shoppers and visitors: it has 104 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Crimes against them are counted against the few who live here, so crime per resident looks higher than the CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ counts everyone who spends time here.


Property crime rates and types in Sewickley Heights

CrimeGrade™ estimates Sewickley Heights has about 16 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and 19% less than Pennsylvania.

All property crime

Burglary

Vehicle theft

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.

Theft is the most common property crime in Sewickley Heights, about 74% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryA+under 10.772.4
TheftA911.713.1
Vehicle theftA+under 10.752.7
ArsonA+under 10.110.12
VandalismA+22.65.5

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.

Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.


Property crime in Sewickley Heights and nearby cities

Sewickley Heights has less property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Bell Acres and Sewickley Hills have less.

Nearby cities

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Sewickley HeightsA+958A+729
Sewickley 1 mileA+933A+8,980
Glen Osborne 2 milesA+933A+585
Edgeworth 2 milesA+952A+1,590
Pittsburgh 12 milesB684B479,000
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Sewickley Hills 2 milesA+964A+1,290
Glenfield 3 milesF0F199
Bell Acres 3 milesA+967A+1,580
Leetsdale 3 milesA902A1,100
Coraopolis 4 milesA+928A+29,400
Carnot-Moon 4 milesA+924A13,600

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sewickley Heights. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Sewickley Heights has more property crime than 75% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Sewickley HeightsA+958A+729
Plainfield, OHA+981A+729
Henriette, MNA+978A+730
Palestine, INA+977A+729
Hickory Flat, KYA+972A+730
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Roggen, COA+967A+729
Roanoke, LAA+953A+729
Loretto, MIA+938A+729
Cooksville, NCA+937A+729
Hull, ALA+931A+730
Lynch, KYA922A729

What property crime costs Sewickley Heights

Property crime costs Sewickley Heights about $72,000 a year, or $99 per resident and about $208 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.

Cost of property crime per resident, per year

How the cost breaks down

Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Burglary$5,000$7
Theft$44,000$60
Vehicle theft$8,300$11
Arson$2,000$3
Vandalism$13,000$18
Total$72,000$99

How CrimeGrade™ works

The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.

Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.

Where the numbers come from

  • Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
  • State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities

These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.

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