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Pittsburgh Police Release Annual Uniform Crime Report Statistics for 2020

Date: February 12, 2021
Incident Type: Annual crime stats
Location: Citywide
Summary:

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has released its Annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics sheets for 2020, both citywide and for all six police zones.

The statistics, which cover January 1 to December 31, 2020 are prepared by the Crime Analysis Unit.

Citywide in 2020, Part 1 offenses, which include violent crimes and property crimes, fell by 20% from the previous year.

Part 1 Crimes also declined by nearly 32% last year when compared with the five-year average. 

See graphics below for further detail and descriptions of Part 1 and Part 2 coded crimes, as well as detailed statistics broken down for each police zone.

      

 


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2021-02-12
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov