Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Kensington, PA Crime Grade
How New Kensington 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
8/10
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 Kensington, PA was 381.0 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 11,810). That puts New Kensington 17% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 67% above the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks New Kensington #2,961 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #222 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
New Kensington, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 381.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,961 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #222 of 240
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 11,810
- Reporting agency
- New Kensington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Kensington Police Department (FBI ORI PA0651000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Kensington, PA
Also known as
- Kensington
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 Kensington (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Kensington 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 529.6(65) | 295.0(36) | 336.2(40) | 456.4(54) | 381.0(45) |
| Murder | 8.1(1) | 16.4(2) | 16.8(2) | 8.5(1) | 8.5(1) |
| Rape | 65.2(8) | 49.2(6) | 50.4(6) | 25.4(3) | 16.9(2) |
| Robbery | 154.8(19) | 73.7(9) | 58.8(7) | 67.6(8) | 42.3(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 301.5(37) | 155.7(19) | 210.2(25) | 355.0(42) | 313.3(37) |
| Property crime | 2648.1(325) | 2302.3(281) | 2126.8(253) | 2408.7(285) | 2557.2(302) |
| Burglary | 391.1(48) | 270.4(33) | 336.2(40) | 371.9(44) | 177.8(21) |
| Larceny | 2102.2(258) | 1712.4(209) | 1597.2(190) | 1859.4(220) | 2243.9(265) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 154.8(19) | 295.0(36) | 184.9(22) | 169.0(20) | 118.5(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Kensington, PA 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 Kensington 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 Kensington calculated?
- New Kensington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Pennsylvania state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Pennsylvania 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 Kensington 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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