What is the crime rate in Newport, KY?

In 2025, the Newport Police Department reported 38 violent crimes and 575 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 277 violent and 4,196 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,705 residents it serves.

Across Kentucky the rates were 216 and 1,283.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 277
Property per 100,000: 4,196
Violent crimes: 38
Property crimes: 575

Crime reported by the Newport Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	38	276	448	3,251	13,780
2024	49	358	536	3,912	13,702
2025	38	277	575	4,196	13,705

Violent crimes reported went from 38 in 2023 to 38 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 448 in 2023 to 575 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Newport against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Newport	277	4,196
Campbell County	105	1,121
Kentucky	216	1,283
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Newport, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Newport	—	277	4,196
Bellevue	1.2 mi	69	830
Fort Thomas	1.6 mi	54	429
Southgate	1.8 mi	104	495
Dayton	2.2 mi	119	745
Park Hills	2.8 mi	63	282
Wilder	3.1 mi	98	521
Ludlow	3.3 mi	205	820
Fort Wright	3.8 mi	97	389

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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