The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Buffalo, PA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in New Buffalo

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for New Buffalo. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

New Buffalo, PA Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

A+
A
Other Crime Grade
A+

$79,379

Cost of Crime™ for New Buffalo, PA

In 2025, crime will cost $378 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of New Buffalo with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is New Buffalo, PA Safe?

The A+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where New Buffalo's combined rate is much lower than the norm. New Buffalo sits in the 97th percentile, ahead of 97% of cities and behind 3%. The grade covers only New Buffalo's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in New Buffalo is 9.540 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 104 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 106 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of New Buffalo, PA report the most crime, about 2 cases per year. The south part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Buffalo, PA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in New Buffalo for 2025 is $79,379, about $163 per resident and $378 per household. That equals 0.3% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 54.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 33.1%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.5%

How Much Does Crime Cost in New Buffalo Compared to Other Cities?

New Buffalo, PA: $163
Duquesne, PA: $1037
Lewisberry, PA: $119
Pennsylvania: $353
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in New Buffalo is $163 per year, which is $301 less than the national average and $190 less than Pennsylvania's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Buffalo:
  • In Duquesne, PA, crime costs $1,037 per person, which is $874 more than in New Buffalo.
  • In Lewisberry, PA, crime costs $119 per person, which is $44 less than in New Buffalo

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of New Buffalo for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to New Buffalo
Cost per New Buffalo Resident
Murder
$26,800
$55
Rape/Sexual Assault
$10,376
$21
Robbery
$5,717
$12
Assault
$8,630
$18
Kidnapping
$717
$1
Vehicle Theft
$2,198
$5
Burglary
$4,378
$9
Theft
$11,296
$23
Arson
$1,127
$2
Vandalism
$3,608
$7
Animal Cruelty
$78
$0
Drug Crimes
$3,904
$8
Identity Theft
$550
$1
Total Cost of Crime
$79,379
$163

The Intangible Cost of Crime in New Buffalo, PA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in New Buffalo totals $232,626 ($478 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $312,005 ($641 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The city holds few retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of New Buffalo's 487 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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New Buffalo Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 New Buffalo residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
0.6170
Robbery
0.3732
Rape
0.3514
Murder
0.0293
Total Violent Crime
1.371 (A+)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
4.479
Vehicle Theft
0.2914
Burglary
0.9911
Arson
0.0958
Total Property Crime
5.857 (A)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.0243
Drug Crimes
1.084
Vandalism
1.037
Identity Theft
0.1460
Animal Cruelty
0.0217
Total "Other" Rate
2.313 (A+)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in New Buffalo is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to New Buffalo.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A
A
B+
A+
A+
A+
B+
B
B-
A+
A
A
B
B
C+
A+
A+
A
A+
A-
A
A+
A+
A+
B
A-
C+
A+
A+
A+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Buffalo is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A-
C+
C+
B-
C-
C-
D
D-
D-
A
A+
A+
B
C+
C+
B-
A+
A+
A+
A-
A-
A
B+
B+
C-
D-
D-
C
C+
C+

Considering only the crime rate, New Buffalo is safer than the Pennsylvania state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in New Buffalo, PA average SchoolGrade of B+, with 49% actual proficiency versus 57% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See New Buffalo schools on SchoolGrade

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