Pittsburgh Assault

Pittsburgh · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Pittsburgh police open data recorded 2,583 assault incidents, 11.8% of all 21,975 incidents reported in the city that year and up 1.1% from 2024. That is about 840 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,372 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Pittsburgh by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,372——
20252,583840up 1.1%
20242,555830—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 7,510 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Central Business District 249 incidents
  2. South Side Flats 119 incidents
  3. Carrick 114 incidents
  4. Knoxville 66 incidents
  5. Hazelwood 65 incidents
  6. East Liberty 64 incidents
  7. Homewood North 62 incidents
  8. Bluff 59 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Pittsburgh in 2025?

2,583, according to Pittsburgh Bureau of Police open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Pittsburgh?

Reported assault was up 1.1% in 2025 compared with 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Source: Pittsburgh Bureau of Police open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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