Body cameras. Westmoreland County DA Nicole Ziccarelli's office gave Arnold police $13,353 in drug-forfeiture funds toward body-worn cameras. Mayor Shannon Santucci had called body cameras one of her top priorities, and Arnold officers now wear them.
Crime in Arnold, 2000–2024
FBI figures through 2024 · Updated Sept. 23, 2026
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Source: Westmoreland County, City of Arnold
Arnold police reported 39 violent crimes in the 9 months of 2024 they sent to the FBI, about 4.3 a month, up from about 2.2 a month in 2022 (22 in 10 months). Arnold sent no figures for 2023. The 2024 count works out to 8.4 per 1,000 residents, the city's highest rate since 2018 (9.7), and with three months missing the full-year number can only be higher. Police cleared 8 of the 39.
Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan
Violent crime since 2000
Arnold's highest rate in the record was 13.9 per 1,000 in 2017; its lowest full-year rate was 1.6 in 2016.
Arnold
Arnold sent no offense figures for 2003, 2019, 2021 and 2023. 2021 is missing for most Pennsylvania departments because the FBI switched to incident-based reporting that year. 2022 covers 10 months and 2024 covers 9.
Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan · A hollow dot is a partial-year report
Property crime
In the 9 months of 2024 it reported, Arnold had 72 property crimes, about 8.0 a month, about the same as the 8.2 a month in 2022 (82 in 10 months).
Arnold
Arnold's highest property crime rate in the record was 48.5 per 1,000 in 2017; its lowest full-year rate was 3.8 in 2016.
Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan · A hollow dot is a partial-year report
What was reported in 2024
Aggravated assaults were 34 of the 39 violent crimes. Larceny-thefts made up 46 of the 72 property crimes. The department reported one murder or manslaughter. These figures cover 9 months of 2024.
| Offense | 2024† |
|---|---|
| Murder & manslaughter | 1 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Aggravated assault | 34 |
| Violent crimes, total | 39 |
| Burglary | 19 |
| Larceny-theft | 46 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 7 |
| Property crimes, total | 72 |
| Arson | 0 |
† Partial year: 9 of 12 months reported. Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan
How many were solved
Arnold police cleared 8 of the 39 violent crimes they reported in 2024 and 2 of the 72 property crimes. The FBI files show no clearances at all for 2017 and 2018, when the department reported 68 and 47 violent crimes, and no property-crime clearances for 2022, against 82 property crimes. That almost certainly means clearances weren't reported those years, not that none were solved.
“Cleared” means the FBI counts the case as closed, usually by an arrest.
Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan
Arrests
Arnold's most recent arrest figures sent to the FBI are for 2020: 504 arrests, 62 of them for drugs and 3 for driving under the influence. That is 105.1 arrests per 1,000 residents. The department has sent offense figures since then but no arrest counts. Arrests include people who don't live in the city.
Arnold
Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan
Officers
The FBI's 2024 staffing file lists 7 sworn officers for the Arnold Police Department. That is 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents. Other published counts put the department at five full-time and three part-time officers in 2025. The two counts come from different sources and dates. Staffing and leadership changes reported in the news are listed under police shootings, lawsuits and policy changes below.
Police shootings, lawsuits and policy changes
Shootings, use of force, lawsuits, staffing, policy changes and programs reported in the news, newest first. Where the same event is also on the police blotter, it is shown once here with both sources.
Staffing. Arnold's suspended chief resigned in lieu of being fired. Rob Haus, officer-in-charge since July, was appointed chief, ending about a year of leadership uncertainty.
Regionalization talks. An Arnold city councilman proposed talks with New Kensington about merging the two cities' police departments into a regional force with a joint governing board. He noted the cities already share the New Kensington-Arnold School District and cited savings, competitive wages and better coverage. An online petition had 55 verified signatures at the time of the report.
Staffing. Arnold's police department went without an officer-in-charge, and the mayor handled the department's administrative work.
Officer charged. In a state 'professional integrity test', agents left a staged 'stolen' vehicle with cash and fake pills at Union Cemetery. Arnold's then-chief, hired earlier that year, was charged with theft and four other misdemeanors after allegedly keeping most of the cash; he pleaded not guilty, and no verdict had been reported.
Staffing. At the reorganization meeting that seated a new mayor and council, Arnold's police chief retired before council could vote to demote him, and a second officer left with him. Council unanimously named an officer interim chief.
Lawsuit. A man filed a federal civil-rights suit in Pittsburgh against the City of Arnold, its police chief at the time and two officers. He alleged that in 2018 officers answering a burglary call he had nothing to do with beat him and falsely arrested him while he was fixing up an apartment on 18th Street. The suit alleged a 'history of excessive force and unlawful arrests.' Outcome not found.
The Washington Post's database of fatal police shootings lists none in Arnold from 2015 through 2024. Source: Washington Post
Other published figures
| Measure | Year | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body-camera funding from DA forfeitureThe DA's share of the cost | 2026 | $13,353 | CrimeWatch |
| Part-time officers | 2025 | 3 | TribLive community news |
Incidents reported in the news
Incidents local news reported with a street location, newest first. They are a sample, not every police call.
Arnold. Shooting. Three men were wounded in an exchange of gunfire on Leishman Avenue around 7 p.m. on a Wednesday, and all were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening. Officials described the shooting as an isolated incident.
Arnold. Shooting. A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a house on 3rd Avenue and was expected to survive. Another man was charged with attempted homicide and was being held without bail.
Arnold. Fire. Firefighters were called at 12:27 a.m. on a Tuesday in August 2025 for smoke from a building in the 1600 block of Kenneth Avenue in Arnold that neighbors said was unoccupied. The fire chief said there were signs people had been staying there and suggested they may have started the fire; no charges were reported.
Arnold. Stabbing. Police said two men had non-life-threatening stab wounds after a fight in an apartment in the 2000 block of Freeport Road in Arnold around 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2025. Both were charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and drug offenses.
Arnold. Homicide. Police responding to a report of a stabbing around 5:38 p.m. in August 2024 found a woman with multiple stab wounds in the street in the 100 block of Liberty Avenue; she died at the scene. A man was charged with homicide, including first-degree murder, according to the district attorney.
Arnold. Shooting. Police said two men exchanged gunfire in Cherry Alley between 14th and 15th streets around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2024, and bullets struck several homes, vehicles and construction materials. Both men left the scene, and police said they were searching for them.
Arnold. Shooting. The district attorney said three people broke into a home in the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue on a Friday evening in January 2024, and a resident fired a gun; one of the intruders, a man, was found fatally wounded in Cherry Alley behind the home around 6 p.m. The resident was later charged with firearms, drug and receiving-stolen-property offenses.
Arnold. Arson. Police said a fire reported around 1:16 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2023, in the 1700 block of Leishman Avenue in Arnold was the third of four deliberately set fires that weekend. A man was later charged in all four fires and pleaded guilty.
Arnold. Arson. Police said a fire set on the rear deck of a house in the 1500 block of Leishman Avenue in Arnold around 9:39 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2023, damaged the back of the home and was the last of four deliberately set fires that weekend. A man was later charged in all four fires and pleaded guilty.
Arnold. Arson. Police said a fire set in the 1500 block of Fourth Avenue in Arnold around 10:34 a.m. on Sept. 30, 2023, was the first of four deliberately set fires in Arnold and New Kensington that weekend. A man was later charged in all four fires and pleaded guilty in May 2024.
Serious crashes in Arnold
PennDOT recorded 7 crashes in Arnold from 2005 through 2024 that seriously injured someone, 8 people in all. None killed anyone.
Source: PennDOT crash data
Every year as a table
| Year | Months | Population | Violent | per 1,000 | Property | per 1,000 | Arrests | Officers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | 4,644 | 39 | 8.4 | 72 | 15.5 | – | 7 | FBI UCR via Jacob KaplanOnly 9 of 12 months reported to the FBI; counts are partial. |
| 2022 | 10 | 4,695 | 22 | 4.7 | 82 | 17.5 | – | – | FBI UCR via Jacob KaplanOnly 10 of 12 months reported to the FBI; counts are partial. |
| 2021 | 0 | 4,756 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2020 | 12 | 4,797 | 36 | 7.5 | 149 | 31.1 | 504 | – | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2019 | 0 | 4,826 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2018 | 12 | 4,868 | 47 | 9.7 | 186 | 38.2 | 222 | 8 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2017 | 12 | 4,904 | 68 | 13.9 | 238 | 48.5 | 456 | 8 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2016 | 12 | 4,956 | 8 | 1.6 | 19 | 3.8 | – | 8 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2015 | 12 | 4,990 | 30 | 6.0 | 83 | 16.6 | 945 | 9 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2014 | 12 | 5,053 | 27 | 5.3 | 84 | 16.6 | 719 | 9 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2013 | 12 | 5,076 | 31 | 6.1 | 61 | 12.0 | 668 | 12 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2012 | 12 | 5,155 | 28 | 5.4 | 101 | 19.6 | 644 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2011 | 12 | 5,173 | 12 | 2.3 | 84 | 16.2 | 685 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2010 | 12 | 5,157 | 29 | 5.6 | 112 | 21.7 | 872 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2009 | 12 | 5,165 | 29 | 5.6 | 115 | 22.3 | 628 | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2008 | 12 | 5,210 | 26 | 5.0 | 94 | 18.0 | 713 | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2007 | 12 | 5,301 | 14 | 2.6 | 75 | 14.1 | 945 | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2006 | 12 | 5,406 | 21 | 3.9 | 95 | 17.6 | 761 | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2005 | 12 | 5,473 | 22 | 4.0 | 103 | 18.8 | 1,028 | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2004 | 12 | 5,503 | 36 | 6.5 | 155 | 28.2 | 1,592 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2003 | 0 | 5,550 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2002 | 12 | 5,692 | 32 | 5.6 | 158 | 27.8 | 622 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,670 | 15 | 2.6 | 139 | 24.5 | 470 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
| 2000 | 12 | 5,667 | 19 | 3.4 | 115 | 20.3 | 414 | 10 | FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan |
Months is the number of months that year the department reported to the FBI. * Population carried over from the nearest year that reported one.
Police work, by the FBI's count
| Year | Arrests | Drug | DUI | Violent-crime arrests | Violent crimes cleared | Property crimes cleared | Officers assaulted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024† | – | – | – | – | 21% | 3% | – |
| 2022† | – | – | – | – | 9% | –* | – |
| 2020 | 504 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 33% | 7% | – |
| 2018 | 222 | 26 | 3 | 17 | –* | –* | 0 |
| 2017 | 456 | 76 | 13 | 42 | –* | –* | 0 |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | – |
| 2015 | 945 | 93 | 10 | 16 | 50% | 30% | 0 |
| 2014 | 719 | 43 | 13 | 15 | 56% | 29% | 0 |
| 2013 | 668 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 35% | 38% | 0 |
| 2012 | 644 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 43% | 25% | 0 |
| 2011 | 685 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 42% | 29% | 0 |
| 2010 | 872 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 34% | 18% | 0 |
| 2009 | 628 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 38% | 16% | 0 |
| 2008 | 713 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 12% | 19% | 0 |
| 2007 | 945 | 99 | 9 | 2 | 14% | 13% | 0 |
| 2006 | 761 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 38% | 32% | 0 |
| 2005 | 1,028 | 119 | 5 | 8 | 50% | 17% | 1 |
| 2004 | 1,592 | 137 | 19 | 30 | 72% | 19% | 3 |
| 2002 | 622 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 41% | 6% | 4 |
| 2001 | 470 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 53% | 3% | 0 |
| 2000 | 414 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32% | 14% | 0 |
"Cleared" means the FBI counts the case as closed, usually by an arrest. Arrests include people who don't live in the city. A dash means the department didn't report that figure. † Partial year. * Zero clearances reported against 10 or more violent or 20 or more property crimes, which almost certainly means clearances weren't reported. Source: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan
How these numbers are made
Crime counts come from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program: the offenses each city's police department reported to the FBI, year by year, as compiled per department by Jacob Kaplan. The FBI identifies the departments by these codes: New Kensington PA06510, Arnold PA06514 and Lower Burrell PA06506.
Violent crime is murder and manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime is burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Arson is listed on its own.
Rates are per 1,000 residents, using the population the FBI published for that department and year. Small towns swing from year to year; a few incidents can move a rate a lot.
Gaps: New Kensington: no offense counts for 2000, 2021; Arnold: no offense counts for 2003, 2019, 2021, 2023; Lower Burrell: no offense counts for 2021. 2021 is missing for most Pennsylvania agencies because of the FBI's switch to incident-based reporting (NIBRS).
Partial years. In some years a department reported fewer than 12 months. Those years are marked † and drawn as hollow dots, and comparisons with them use monthly averages rather than totals.
Cleared means the FBI counts the case as closed, usually by an arrest. Arrests include people who don't live in the city.
Mapped incidents are ones local news reported with a street location, checked against the original report. They are a sample, not a complete record. Locations are rounded to the hundred-block (21), an intersection (6) or a named place (2); 14 are placed on the street only and marked approximate.
Left out on purpose: names of suspects, victims and line officers (public officials such as chiefs and mayors may be named); exact house numbers; anything identifying a juvenile. Individual sexual-offense incidents are never mapped or listed; the FBI totals include them. An arrest or charge is not a conviction. The linked source articles are the original news reports and may name people; this site does not.
Policing notes: Agencies, staffing and interactions come from news reports and department pages; the two fatal police shootings are from the Washington Post's database (2015–2024). Items that could not be verified were removed.
Sources: FBI UCR via Jacob Kaplan, CrimeWatch, WPXI, TribLive community news, CBS News Pittsburgh, Valley News Dispatch (TribLive), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PennDOT crash data.