The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Coatesville, PA
Coatesville is a city of 49,700 in Chester County, about 35 miles west of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Coatesville, PA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Coatesville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Coatesville sits near the middle: 54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Coatesville run from A+ to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 854 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Coatesville as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Coatesville scores 854.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Coatesville, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Coatesville, 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 in Coatesville
Burglary runs low. Coatesville has 0.68 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Coatesville
Low crime is the norm across Coatesville: 80% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 8% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Coatesville run from A+ to D; 70% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 80%C 12%D or F 8%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Coatesville, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Coatesville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Coatesville has about 17 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 53% less than the US as a whole and 39% less than Pennsylvania.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Coatesville is assault, about 34% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Coatesville
Coatesville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 77% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (77%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Coatesville compares with nearby cities
Of the 5 cities closest to Coatesville, 4 have less crime. Sadsburyville and Parkesburg have the least.
Two things set Coatesville apart: it has 4.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Coatesville: D- (7 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 66% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Coatesville
Crime costs Coatesville about $676 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 44% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $45 million a year, or $905 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.0 million
$61
Rape
$750,000
$15
Robbery
$610,000
$12
Assault
$3.9 million
$78
Burglary
$300,000
$6
Theft
$1.5 million
$30
Vehicle theft
$850,000
$17
Arson
$70,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$23
Total
$12 million
$242
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Coatesville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Coatesville is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
Schools in Coatesville, PA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 56% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Coatesville on SchoolGrade
