The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Castle, DE: Crime Maps and Statistics

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$40.7 million

Cost of Crime™ for New Castle, DE

In 2025, crime will cost $1,997 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of New Castle 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 Castle, DE Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where New Castle's combined rate is much higher than the norm. New Castle sits in the 4th percentile, ahead of 4% of cities and behind 96%. The grade covers only New Castle's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in New Castle is 66.11 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 6 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 20 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of New Castle, DE report the most crime, about 1,080 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 5 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Castle, DE

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in New Castle for 2025 is $40,670,319, about $742 per resident and $1,997 per household. That equals 2.0% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 62.6%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 26.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.3%

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

New Castle, DE:	$742
Edgemoor, DE:	$777
Frankford, DE:	$253
Delaware:	$514
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in New Castle is $742 per year, which is $278 more than the national average and $228 more than Delaware's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Castle:

In Edgemoor, DE, crime costs $777 per person, which is $35 more than in New Castle.
In Frankford, DE, crime costs $253 per person, which is $489 less than in New Castle

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of New Castle for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Castle	Cost per New Castle Resident
Murder	$6.28 million	$115
Rape/Sexual Assault	$1.66 million	$30
Robbery	$1.28 million	$23
Assault	$7.80 million	$142
Kidnapping	$671,946	$12
Vehicle Theft	$2.90 million	$53
Burglary	$1.36 million	$25
Theft	$6.90 million	$126
Arson	$120,097	$2
Vandalism	$5.73 million	$105
Animal Cruelty	$625,287	$11
Drug Crimes	$2.91 million	$53
Identity Theft	$2.43 million	$44
Total Cost of Crime	$40,670,319	$742

The Intangible Cost of Crime in New Castle, DE

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 Castle totals $52,218,577 ($953 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $92,888,896 ($1,695 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 central part of the city holds more 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, of which New Castle has 12, do the same, and of New Castle's 54,815 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 Castle 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 Castle residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.953
Robbery	0.7416
Rape	0.4994
Murder	0.0609
Total Violent Crime	6.255 (D-)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	24.32
Vehicle Theft	3.418
Burglary	2.744
Arson	0.0907
Total Property Crime	30.57 (D-)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.2022
Drug Crimes	7.174
Vandalism	14.63
Identity Theft	5.732
Animal Cruelty	1.542
Total "Other" Rate	29.28 (F)

Individual New Castle Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Wilmington Manor, DE	F	D	D-
Newport, DE	F	D-	D-
Pennsville, NJ	A-	B+	B-
Elsmere, DE	D-	D-	D
Deepwater, NJ	B-	C+	C-
Brookside, DE	D-	D+	D
Mahoneyville, NJ	A	B+	B+
Newark, DE	D-	C-	D
Delaware City, DE	F	F	D+
Bear, DE	D	B-	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Castle is higher 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
Spring Valley, NY	C+	D	D
Lakewood, OH	D	C	C
Lincoln, CA	B+	B-	B-
Lombard, IL	C	B+	B+
Morristown, TN	D+	D	D
Princeton, NJ	B	A	A
Sevierville, TN	D	D+	D+
Sherman Oaks, CA	D	D	D
Southaven, MS	A-	A+	A+
Spanaway, WA	D-	D+	D+

Considering only the crime rate, New Castle is less safe than the Delaware state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in New Castle, DE average SchoolGrade of F, with 19% actual proficiency versus 25% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See New Castle schools on SchoolGrade

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