Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Castle, PA Crime Grade
How New Castle grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Pennsylvania — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
10/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Castle, PA was 486.0 per 100,000 residents (103 incidents over a population of 21,192). That puts New Castle 49% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 113% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Castle (red), Pennsylvania (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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 345.1(74) | 388.6(84) | 0.0(0) | 84.7(18) | 486.0(103) |
| Murder | 18.7(4) | 4.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 9.4(2) | 9.4(2) |
| Rape | 46.6(10) | 9.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 23.6(5) |
| Robbery | 116.6(25) | 69.4(15) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 66.1(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 163.2(35) | 305.4(66) | 0.0(0) | 75.3(16) | 386.9(82) |
| Property crime | 1953.8(419) | 2466.0(533) | 0.0(0) | 1054.0(224) | 1679.9(356) |
| Burglary | 554.9(119) | 643.1(139) | 0.0(0) | 211.7(45) | 353.9(75) |
| Larceny | 1249.7(268) | 1614.7(349) | 0.0(0) | 715.2(152) | 1033.4(219) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 130.6(28) | 198.9(43) | 0.0(0) | 108.2(23) | 202.9(43) |
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 Pennsylvania 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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