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

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	C+
Property Crime Grade	D
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$412,017

Cost of Crime™ for New Castle, NH

In 2025, crime will cost $849 per household.

More cost data

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, NH Safe?

The D 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 higher than the norm. New Castle sits in the 19th percentile, ahead of 19% of cities and behind 81%. 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 38.80 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the central part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 26 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 26 in the central.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of New Castle, NH report the most crime, about 17 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Castle, NH

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in New Castle for 2025 is $412,017, about $393 per resident and $849 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 66.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 21.5%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.6%

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

New Castle, NH:	$393
Littleton, NH:	$584
East Kingston, NH:	$158
New Hampshire:	$271
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in New Castle is $393 per year, which is $71 less than the national average and $122 more than New Hampshire's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Castle:

In Littleton, NH, crime costs $584 per person, which is $191 more than in New Castle.
In East Kingston, NH, crime costs $158 per person, which is $235 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	$53,503	$51
Rape/Sexual Assault	$49,311	$47
Robbery	$6,172	$6
Assault	$54,873	$52
Kidnapping	$13,499	$13
Vehicle Theft	$9,209	$9
Burglary	$6,519	$6
Theft	$114,474	$109
Arson	$1,869	$2
Vandalism	$45,454	$43
Animal Cruelty	$2,101	$2
Drug Crimes	$39,892	$38
Identity Theft	$15,141	$14
Total Cost of Crime	$412,017	$393

The Intangible Cost of Crime in New Castle, NH

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 $608,119 ($580 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,020,136 ($973 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 Castle's 1,048 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	1.823
Robbery	0.1872
Rape	0.7760
Murder	0.0272
Total Violent Crime	2.814 (C+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	21.09
Vehicle Theft	0.5675
Burglary	0.6858
Arson	0.0738
Total Property Crime	22.42 (D)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.2124
Drug Crimes	5.146
Vandalism	6.071
Identity Theft	1.867
Animal Cruelty	0.2710
Total "Other" Rate	13.57 (D)

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
Kittery, ME	C	A+	D+
Kittery Point, ME	B-	A+	C
Portsmouth, NH	D-	B+	D-
Rye, NH	B	A+	A-
Eliot, ME	A+	A+	A+
York, ME	B	A+	C+
West Rye, NH	C	A	B-
Rye Beach, NH	B+	A+	A-
Greenland, NH	B	A+	A-
Newington, NH	D-	B+	F

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
Wausa, NE	C	B-	B-
Brownlow, WV	A-	B+	B+
Brownville, NY	A-	B	B
Cades, SC	D-	F	F
Campton, GA	A+	A	A
Clarkson, NE	F	D+	D+
Cokesbury, NC	B-	B+	B+
Crabtree, OR	B-	B+	B+
Dale, PA	B-	D	D
Dares Beach, MD	A-	A	A

Considering only the crime rate, New Castle is less safe than the New Hampshire 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, NH average SchoolGrade of A+, with 75% actual proficiency versus 61% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See New Castle schools on SchoolGrade

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