Crime On The Decline In Dormont

DORMONT, PA - Bucking national and regional trends, incidents of violent crime in Dormont decreased last year. That’s according to the FBI’s just-released “Crime in the United States” report.

After one homicide in the borough in 2015, there were none in 2016. The number of aggravated assaults and burglaries also dropped, though the number of vehicle thefts rose.

Nationally, violent crime increased for the second consecutive year. There were an estimated 17,250 murders in the nation last year, an 8.6 percent increase from 2015. Overall violent crime rose 4.1 percent last year. Regionally, the number of violent crimes rose in the seven-county Pittsburgh metro statistical area.

Here are the statistics for Dormont:

Violent crimes
2016: 9
2015: 14

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter
2016: 0
2015: 1

Rape
2016: 0
2015: 0

Robbery
2016: 4
2015: 4

Aggravated Assault
2016: 5
2015: 9

Property Crime
2016: 103
2015: 92

Burglary
2016: 11
2015: 15

Larceny-theft
2016: 83
2015: 74

Motor vehicle theft
2016: 8
2015: 2

Arson
2016: 0
2015: 0

Police patch image via Dormont Borough.