What is the crime rate in New Castle, PA?

In 2025, the New Castle Police Department reported 103 violent crimes and 356 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 486 violent and 1,680 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,192 residents it serves.

Across Pennsylvania the rates were 229 and 1,360.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 486
Property per 100,000: 1,680
Violent crimes: 103
Property crimes: 356

Crime reported by the New Castle 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	0	0	0	0	21,354
2024	18	85	224	1,054	21,252
2025	103	486	356	1,680	21,192

Violent crimes reported went from 0 in 2023 to 103 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 0 in 2023 to 356 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.

New Castle against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
New Castle	486	1,680
Lawrence County	183	816
Pennsylvania	229	1,360
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 New Castle, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
New Castle	—	486	1,680
Union Township (Lawrence County)	2.7 mi	207	2,542
Neshannock Township	3.8 mi	0	94
Shenango Township (Lawrence County)	4.0 mi	26	290
North Beaver Township	6.0 mi	0	51
Mahoning Township (Lawrence County)	7.2 mi	0	0
Bessemer	7.6 mi	0	290
Wayne Township (Lawrence County)	8.0 mi	0	125
New Beaver	8.2 mi	0	0

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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