Explore Pittsburgh building permits, police incident data, and H zoning in South Oakland, the Oakland neighborhood beside the Monongahela River.
Search this neighborhoodSouth Oakland is the southern part of Oakland, on the slope above the Monongahela River, with a stretch of Schenley Park along its northern edge. UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is on Halket Street, and the Pittsburgh Technology Center district covers about 17% of the land.
Hillside zoning is the largest district at about 27%, followed by Single-Unit Attached Residential High Density. Frazier Park and Lawn and Ophelia Parklet are neighborhood green spaces. PRT routes 58, 93, 56, 57 and 65 serve the neighborhood.
CivicScout tracks Pittsburgh Bureau of Police reported incidents that carry a location and open code enforcement cases for any searched address in South Oakland. Police publish no location for sex offenses, so located counts understate violent crime. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Pittsburgh. University police departments patrol their own campuses, so incidents there may not appear.
View safety data →Permits filed in South Oakland since mid-2024 are mostly building and development applications and electrical permits.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →Zoning in South Oakland is mostly Hillside (H), Pittsburgh Technology Center (SP-1), and Single-Unit Attached Residential High Density (R1A-H), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →A CivicScout report for any South Oakland address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, code violations, parks and zoning within a half mile.
Search an address →Search an address in South Oakland to see building permits, safety data, zoning details, and AI-powered neighborhood reports.
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