New Castle, DE Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime | Cost Of Living
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In New Castle, DE Summary

Crime in New Castle research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in New Castle over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in New Castle:

  • There were 222 total crimes committed in New Castle the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,062.2 total crimes per 100K people in New Castle.
  • The overall crime rate in New Castle is 74.78% above the national average.
  • New Castle ranks #25 safest out of 37 cities in Delaware.
  • New Castle ranks #8,998 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

Additional research about crime in Delaware

New Castle Vs Delaware And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in New Castle is 4,062.2 per 100,000 people. That's 74.78% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 69.73% higher than the Delaware total crime rate of 2,393.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
New Castle
/ 100k People
Delaware
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 222 4,062.2 2,393.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.4 6.3
Robbery 4 73.2 70.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 23 420.9 327.1 268.2
Violent Crime 27 494.1 431.9 369.8
Burglary 13 237.9 254.2 269.8
Larceny 168 3,074.1 1,538.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 14 256.2 168.7 282.7
Property Crime 195 3,568.2 1,961.4 1,954.4

New Castle Crime Compared To Delaware Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Delaware.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In New Castle

27
Violent Crimes
494.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
33.60%
Above The National Average
  • There were 27 violent crimes in New Castle in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in New Castle is 494.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 202.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in New Castle each year. That compares to a 1 in 231.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 33.60% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 14.39% higher than the Delaware violent crime rate of 431.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In New Castle

195
Property Crimes
3,568.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
82.57%
Above The National Average
  • There were 195 property crimes in New Castle in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in New Castle is 3,568.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in New Castle each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 82.57% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 81.92% higher than the Delaware property crime rate of 1,961.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around New Castle

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Wilmington, DE 70,625 3,230 4,573.5 3,372.7 1,200.7
Ridley Park, PA 7,046 63 894.1 780.6 113.5
Swarthmore, PA 6,428 37 575.6 544.5 31.1
Elsmere, DE 6,111 104 1,701.8 1,603.7 98.2
Penns Grove, NJ 4,821 128 2,655.1 1,617.9 1,037.1

New Castle SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
Enjoy The Snack?