The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Brighton, PA
New Brighton is a borough of 11,700 in Beaver County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Pittsburgh · Updated November 2026
Is New Brighton, PA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in New Brighton is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so New Brighton sits near the middle: 48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Brighton run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 825 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Brighton as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Brighton scores 825.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in New Brighton, PA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Brighton, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in New Brighton
One weak spot: aggravated assault. It grades C+ in New Brighton, worse than in the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
Simple assault runs low. New Brighton has 1.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of New Brighton
Every part of New Brighton where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across New Brighton run from A+ to B-; 52% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Brighton, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in New Brighton
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Brighton has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 22% less than Pennsylvania.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 48% of crime reported in New Brighton. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How New Brighton compares with nearby cities
New Brighton has more crime than 3 of its 5 nearest cities. Beaver and Monaca have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in New Brighton
Two things set New Brighton apart: it has 0.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 89% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.69% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs New Brighton
Crime costs New Brighton about $711 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 41% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $15 million a year, or $1,280 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$55
Rape
$150,000
$12
Robbery
$93,000
$8
Assault
$1.6 million
$140
Burglary
$84,000
$7
Theft
$640,000
$55
Vehicle theft
$100,000
$9
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$290,000
$24
Total
$3.6 million
$313
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in New Brighton means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. New Brighton is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in New Brighton, PA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 44% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in New Brighton on SchoolGrade
