Pittsburgh Theft

Pittsburgh · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Pittsburgh police open data recorded 4,874 theft incidents, 22.2% of all 21,975 incidents reported in the city that year and up 4.6% from 2024. That is about 1,584 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 3,828 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Pittsburgh by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)3,828——
20254,8741,584up 4.6%
20244,6591,514—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 13,361 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. Central Business District 789 incidents
  2. Shadyside 454 incidents
  3. South Side Flats 359 incidents
  4. East Liberty 283 incidents
  5. North Oakland 171 incidents
  6. Bloomfield 160 incidents
  7. Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar 155 incidents
  8. Carrick 132 incidents

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

Questions

How many theft incidents were reported in Pittsburgh in 2025?

4,874, according to Pittsburgh Bureau of Police open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Pittsburgh?

Reported theft was up 4.6% 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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