What is the crime rate for ZIP code 15642?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Westmoreland County, PA (the county containing ZIP 15642) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 15642 in?

ZIP code 15642 is located in Westmoreland County, PA.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 15642

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

46,855
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 15642 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 15642 sits within Westmoreland County, PA, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 15642 is the largest ZIP in Westmoreland County by population, 46,855 residents (#2 of 77 county ZIPs), across 46.04 square miles (1,018/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Westmoreland County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Westmoreland County crime page linked below.

ZIP 15642 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Westmoreland County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 15642 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $85,210
Median age: 45.5 years
Owner-occupied homes: 84%
Occupied homes: 19,264

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 15642 settlement vs Westmoreland County

ZIP 15642 itself is about 1,018 people per Census sq mi across 46 sq mi (46,855 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 15642 accounts for roughly 13.2% of the county reporting population (46,855 of 354,663).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 15642

Similar Census population (~46,855)

ZIP 92705, CA · 46,854 pop · Δ1
ZIP 46037, IN · 46,858 pop · Δ3
ZIP 33614, FL · 46,844 pop · Δ11
ZIP 60564, IL · 46,832 pop · Δ23

County detail: Westmoreland County · State atlas: Pennsylvania

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.