Bridgeville, PA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bridgeville, PA shows violent crime at 284.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 832.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
284.7/100K violent
832.2/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
The verdict
Bridgeville earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-19%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
32nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
832.2
property crimes per 100K
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,566. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bridgeville, PA
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 102.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 284.7 in 2024 (+178.1%). The highest observed value was 284.7 in 2024 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Bridgeville reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,566. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Position in the state cohort
Bridgeville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Pennsylvania cities
At 284.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bridgeville ranks 96 of 838 — above 742 of the 837 other Pennsylvania cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +335.9% against the cohort median of 65.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Bridgeville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Pennsylvania cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bridgeville's 284.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are East McKeesport (284.8), Collingdale (283.7), Aldan (285.9), Hamburg (286.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.5% of the 51 Part I offenses reported in Bridgeville for 2024, against a median of 10.0% across comparable Pennsylvania cities — a gap of 15.5 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Bridgeville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,566. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+1218.1%
21.6 → 284.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
+24.1%
670.7 → 832.2/100K
Property offenses lead Bridgeville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
38
832.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
32
700.8
-
Burglary
4
87.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
43.8
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
13
284.7
352
Aggravated Assault
12
262.8
-
Rape
1
21.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Bridgeville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Bridgeville property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
832.2/100K↑24.1%vs 2023
Bridgeville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
284.7/100K↑1218.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,883
102.4
737.3
41
2021
Comparable
4,849
0
0
0
2022
Comparable
4,675
0
42.8
2
2023
Comparable
4,622
21.6
670.7
32
2024
Comparable
4,566
284.7
832.2
51
How Bridgeville sits among PA peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Bridgeville Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Bridgeville's crime figures on this page originate from Bridgeville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Pennsylvania
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Pennsylvania cities closest to Bridgeville in population. Their populations run from 4,537 to 4,598, against 4,566 here. Or use our
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These Pennsylvania cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Bridgeville's 284.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Bridgeville has a violent crime rate of 284.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 832.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Bridgeville, PA safe? ▼
Bridgeville receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 64/100. The violent crime rate is 19% below the national average and 14% above the Pennsylvania average.
What is the population of Bridgeville, PA? ▼
The reporting population for Bridgeville is 4,566 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Bridgeville? ▼
In 2024, Bridgeville reported 13 violent crimes and 38 property crimes, for a total of 51 reported offenses.
How do Bridgeville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Bridgeville recorded about one reported offense per 90 residents and one reported violent offense per 351 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bridgeville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Bridgeville's violent crime rate increased by 1218.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 24.1%.
What is the most common crime in Bridgeville? ▼
The most common crime type in Bridgeville is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.7% of all reported crimes (32 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Bridgeville is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bridgeville, PA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.