Crime in Victory Heights, PA

Victory Heights is a township of 463 in Venango County, about 25 miles southeast of Meadville · Updated November 2026

Is Victory Heights, PA safe?

Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Victory Heights has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 967 of 1,000
Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

93% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Victory Heights as a whole, and 7% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Victory Heights scores 967.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 962 of 1,000Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods
A+
Property crimeSafety score 975 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Victory Heights

Map of Victory Heights shaded by overall 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 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 Victory Heights, PA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Victory 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 in Victory Heights

Crime per resident runs higher than the grade. Victory Heights draws many workers, shoppers and visitors: it has 32.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. 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.


Crime rates and types in Victory Heights

CrimeGrade™ estimates Victory Heights has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 32% 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.

Assault is the most common crime in Victory Heights, about 45% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.070.05
RapeA+under 10.310.38
RobberyA+under 10.070.62
AssaultA+48.912.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+under 11.22.4
TheftA+25.113.1
Vehicle theftA+under 10.602.7
ArsonA+under 10.190.12
VandalismA+13.25.5

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 Victory Heights

The State Police (Venango County) polices Victory Heights, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.

In Victory Heights, 53% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (53%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
VandalismHomes (46%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)

Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.


How Victory Heights compares with nearby cities

Victory Heights has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Victory HeightsA+967A+A+463
Seneca 4 milesA+948A+A+2,080
Woodland Heights 4 milesA+940A+A+600
Franklin 4 milesA907AA9,130
Van 4 milesA+974A+A+154
Show all 10
PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Coal City 5 milesA+984A+A+131
Sugarcreek 5 milesA+948A+A+4,720
Enterprise 5 milesA+965A+A+453
Oil City 6 milesA921AA14,900
Nicklin 7 milesA+968A+A+304
Cranberry 7 milesA+975A+A+799

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

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Victory Heights has more crime than 65% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Victory HeightsA+967A+A+463
Defiance, IAA+998A+A+463
Winfred, SDA+994A+A+462
Palisade, NEA+994A+A+463
Rochelle, TXA+994A+A+463
Show all 10
PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
DeGraff, MNA+992A+A+463
Torbert, LAA+983A+A+463
Burnley, VAA+979A+A+463
Nixburg, ALA+965A+A+462
Salt Springs, FLA+961A+A+463
Laurel Bloomery, TNA+929AA+462

What crime costs Victory Heights

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Victory Heights about $536 a year per household, 56% 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 $590,000 a year, or $1,282 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$61,000$131
Rape$8,700$19
Robbery$1,000$2
Assault$37,000$80
Burglary$5,200$11
Theft$12,000$26
Vehicle theft$4,200$9
Arson$2,100$5
Vandalism$10,000$22
Total$140,000$305

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 Victory Heights 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.

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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Victory Heights

Schools in Victory Heights, PA average a SchoolGrade of D: 41% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Victory Heights on SchoolGrade