Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Newtown Township, Delaware County, PA Crime Grade
How Newtown Township, Delaware County 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Pennsylvania
2/10
vs. Pennsylvania cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Newtown Township, Delaware County, PA was 19.2 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 15,608). That puts Newtown Township, Delaware County 94% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 92% below the Pennsylvania statewide rate of 228.5.
That ranks Newtown Township, Delaware County #128 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 97% of them, and #26 of 240 in Pennsylvania. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 68% over the last five years.
Newtown Township, Delaware County, PA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Pennsylvania Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 19.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #128 of 3,771
- PA rank
- #26 of 240
- Safer than
- 97% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 68%
- Population
- 15,608
- Reporting agency
- Newtown Township Police Department, Delaware County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Newtown Township Police Department, Delaware County (FBI ORI PA0232300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Newtown Township, Delaware County (red), Pennsylvania (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Newtown Township, Delaware County 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 60.7(8) | 36.8(5) | 56.5(8) | 26.1(4) | 19.2(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 14.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 15.2(2) | 14.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 37.9(5) | 22.1(3) | 42.4(6) | 19.6(3) | 19.2(3) |
| Property crime | 773.3(102) | 736.9(100) | 671.4(95) | 345.4(53) | 281.9(44) |
| Burglary | 53.1(7) | 36.8(5) | 28.3(4) | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) |
| Larceny | 659.6(87) | 626.3(85) | 607.8(86) | 319.3(49) | 262.7(41) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 60.7(8) | 73.7(10) | 35.3(5) | 26.1(4) | 12.8(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Newtown Township, Delaware County, 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 Newtown Township, Delaware County 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 Newtown Township, Delaware County calculated?
- Newtown Township, Delaware County'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 Newtown Township, Delaware County 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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