Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Castle, IN Crime Grade
How New Castle grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Indiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
5/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Castle, IN was 126.6 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 17,377). That puts New Castle 61% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 53% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Castle (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Castle vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 75.1(13) | 126.6(22) |
| Murder | 23.1(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.8(1) | 17.3(3) |
| Robbery | 5.8(1) | 5.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 40.4(7) | 103.6(18) |
| Property crime | 733.8(127) | 840.2(146) |
| Burglary | 80.9(14) | 132.4(23) |
| Larceny | 548.9(95) | 598.5(104) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 98.2(17) | 103.6(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: New Castle's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Indiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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