Pittsburgh Homicide

Pittsburgh · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Pittsburgh police open data recorded 33 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 21,975 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.3% from 2024. That is about 10.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 23 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Pittsburgh by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)23——
20253310.7down 8.3%
20243611.7—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 92 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. South Side Flats 3 incidents
  2. East Hills 3 incidents
  3. Middle Hill 3 incidents
  4. Homewood North 2 incidents
  5. Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar 2 incidents
  6. Terrace Village 2 incidents
  7. Perry North 2 incidents
  8. Crafton Heights 2 incidents

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

Questions

How many homicide incidents were reported in Pittsburgh in 2025?

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

Is homicide going up or down in Pittsburgh?

Reported homicide was down 8.3% 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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