How Do Ross & West View's Burglary Rates Compare to Surrounding Communities?
See which north suburban community has the highest burglary rate when measured as a percentage of its population.
How Do Ross & West View's Burglary Rates Compare to Surrounding Communities?
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Ross Township and West View police departments have been investigating a number of residential and commercial break-ins recently, and we wondered how these two North Hills communities compared to other Western Pennsylvania communities in the number of burglaries.
The following data is from the F.B.I Uniform Crime report for 2011.
| Community | Population | Number of Burglaries | Rate to Population |
| Ross Township | 31,204 | 75 | .002% |
| West View Borough | 6,793 | 18 | .003% |
| McCandless | 28,548 | 62 | .002% |
| Franklin Park | 13,513 | 8 | .001% |
| Cranberry Township | 28,188 | 44 | .002% |
| Adams Township | 11,689 | 14 | .001% |
| Sewickley | 4,388 | 7 | .002% |
| Hampton Township | 18,422 | 17 | .001% |
| Leetsdale | 1,222 | 3 | .002% |
| Moon Township | 24,262 | 39 | .002% |
| Robinson Township | 13,397 | 30 | .002% |
| Bellevue | 8,397 | 37 | .004% |
| Shaler Township | 28,849 | 71 | .003% |
| Millvale | 3,756 | 19 | .005% |
| Etna | 3,462 | 18 | .005% |
| City of Pittsburgh | 308,609 | 2,686 | .009% |
| City of Philadelphia | 1,530,873 | 12,057 | .008% |
FBI Notation: The data used in creating this table were from all city and town law enforcement agencies submitting 12 months of complete offense data for 2011.
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Ross Township Police Department
1000 Ross Municipal Rd, Pittsburgh, PA -
West View Police Department
441 Perry Hwy, West View, PA
