Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Philadelphia, OH Crime Grade
How New Philadelphia grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Ohio — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
7/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Philadelphia, OH was 167.6 per 100,000 residents (29 incidents over a population of 17,306). That puts New Philadelphia 48% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks New Philadelphia #1,804 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #136 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 39% year over year and up 1360% over the last five years.
New Philadelphia, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 167.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,804 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #136 of 213
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 39%
- 5-year change
- up 1360%
- Population
- 17,306
- Reporting agency
- New Philadelphia Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Philadelphia Police Department (FBI ORI OH0790400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Philadelphia, OH
Also known as
- Philadelphia
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Philadelphia (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Philadelphia 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 11.5(2) | 22.8(4) | 69.3(12) | 121.0(21) | 167.6(29) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 17.3(3) | 34.7(6) |
| Robbery | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.8(1) | 5.8(1) | 11.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 5.7(1) | 17.1(3) | 63.5(11) | 97.9(17) | 121.3(21) |
| Property crime | 114.8(20) | 108.5(19) | 150.1(26) | 518.4(90) | 1126.8(195) |
| Burglary | 11.5(2) | 34.3(6) | 17.3(3) | 63.4(11) | 75.1(13) |
| Larceny | 103.3(18) | 74.3(13) | 132.8(23) | 443.5(77) | 1034.3(179) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 11.5(2) | 17.3(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Philadelphia, OH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the New Philadelphia Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for New Philadelphia calculated?
- New Philadelphia's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Ohio state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the New Philadelphia Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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