What is the crime rate in New Kensington, PA?

In 2025, the New Kensington Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 302 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 381 violent and 2,557 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,810 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: 381
Property per 100,000: 2,557
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 302

Crime reported by the New Kensington 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	40	336	253	2,127	11,896
2024	54	456	285	2,409	11,832
2025	45	381	302	2,557	11,810

Violent crimes reported went from 40 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 253 in 2023 to 302 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 Kensington against Pennsylvania and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
New Kensington	381	2,557
Westmoreland County	116	653
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 Kensington, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
New Kensington	—	381	2,557
Arnold	0.8 mi	1,036	1,404
Lower Burrell	2.0 mi	17	122
Tarentum	2.2 mi	138	732
Springdale	2.6 mi	185	463
Frazer Township	3.3 mi	161	11,576
Upper Burrell Township	4.6 mi	47	330
Harrison Township (Allegheny County)	4.8 mi	72	598
Plum	4.9 mi	61	153

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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