Newark, OH Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Newark, OH Summary

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

  • There were 981 total crimes committed in Newark in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,908.8 total crimes per 100K people in Newark.
  • The overall crime rate in Newark is -9.93% below the national average.
  • Newark ranks #286 safest out of 387 cities in Ohio.
  • Newark ranks #7,019 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Newark Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Newark is 1,908.8 per 100,000 people. That's -9.93% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 3.46% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 1,844.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Newark
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 981 1,908.8 1,844.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 3.9 5.0 5.0
Robbery 16 31.1 45.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 111 216.0 197.4 256.0
Violent Crime 145 282.1 293.7 359.0
Burglary 118 229.6 206.0 229.0
Larceny 627 1,220.0 1,132.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 91 177.1 212.5 259.0
Property Crime 836 1,626.6 1,551.2 1,760.0

Newark Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Newark

145
Violent Crimes
282.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-21.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 145 violent crimes in Newark in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Newark is 282.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 354.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Newark each year. That compares to a 1 in 340.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -21.41% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.93% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Newark

836
Property Crimes
1,626.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 836 property crimes in Newark in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Newark is 1,626.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Newark each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.58% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.86% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,551.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Newark

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Johnstown, PA 20,120 648 3,220.7 2,634.2 586.5
Pataskala, OH 18,283 132 722.0 645.4 76.6
New Albany, OH 11,423 144 1,260.6 1,164.3 96.3
Heath, OH 10,781 489 4,535.8 4,405.9 129.9
Granville, OH 5,379 70 1,301.4 1,245.6 55.8

Newark SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
8
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