Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Squirrel Hill South

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Squirrel Hill South residents.

 

Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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Property Crime Grade
A
Other Crime Grade
B+

$1.51 million

Cost of Crime™ for Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA

In 2025, property crime will cost $212 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Squirrel Hill South with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The A grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Squirrel Hill South against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is much lower than the norm. Squirrel Hill South sits in the 87th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 87% of neighborhoods and behind 13%. The grade covers only Squirrel Hill South's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The property crime rate in Squirrel Hill South is 11.77 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the east part of the neighborhood as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 68 in the northwest areas to 1 in 154 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA report the most property crime, about 59 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA

Property crime in Squirrel Hill South is projected to cost $1,514,133 in 2025, about $95 per resident and $212 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 59.7%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 34.4%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Squirrel Hill South Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA: $95
Tioga-Nicetown, Philadelphia, : $235
Cedar Brook, Philadelphia, PA: $103
Pennsylvania: $91
USA: $136

Property crime costs $95 per resident each year in Squirrel Hill South, which is $41 less than the national average and $4 more than Pittsburgh's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Squirrel Hill South:
  • In Tioga-Nicetown, Philadelphia, , crime costs $235 per person, which is $140 more than in Squirrel Hill South.
  • In Cedar Brook, Philadelphia, PA, crime costs $103 per person, which is $8 more than in Squirrel Hill South

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Squirrel Hill South, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Squirrel Hill South
Cost per Squirrel Hill South Resident
Vehicle Theft
$613,412
$38
Burglary
$235,116
$15
Theft
$625,488
$39
Arson
$40,116
$3
Total Cost of Property Crime
$1,514,133
$95

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Squirrel Hill South, Pittsburgh, PA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the northwest part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Squirrel Hill South Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Squirrel Hill South residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
7.562
Vehicle Theft
2.480
Burglary
1.623
Arson
0.1040
Total Property Crime
11.77 (A)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of property crime in Squirrel Hill South is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Squirrel Hill South.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A-
B
A-
A
A
A
B-
C-
B-
A-
B+
A-
B
B
B-
B-
C+
C+
C-
D+
D+
A
A
A
B+
B-
B+
B+
C+
B+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Squirrel Hill South is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D
D
D
A-
A-
A-
D+
D+
D+
C
C
C
C+
C+
C+
D+
C-
C-
A
B+
B+
B
B
B
B+
D
D
D+
C-
C-

Considering only the property crime rate, Squirrel Hill South is as safe as the Pennsylvania state average and safer than the national average.

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