The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Haven, IN
New Haven is a city of 18,400 in Allen County, about 6 miles east of downtown Fort Wayne · Updated November 2026
Is New Haven, IN safe?
Yes, crime in New Haven is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, New Haven sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Haven run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 874 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Haven as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Haven scores 874.
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 Haven, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Haven, 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 Haven
Car thefts are uncommon. New Haven has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of New Haven
Every part of New Haven where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across New Haven run from A+ to B+; 65% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Haven, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in New Haven?
Reported crime in New Haven has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 32% and property crime down 47%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.0 to 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 11 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
New HavenUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves New Haven. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, New Haven
Violent, US
Property, New Haven
Property, US
2016
-17%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
+5%
+12%
2018
+9%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
-28%
-8%
2021
-15%
+6%
-46%
-10%
2022
-35%
+5%
-43%
-6%
2023
-27%
+2%
-44%
-7%
2024
-32%
-4%
-47%
-15%
Crime rates and types in New Haven
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Haven has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% less than the US as a whole and close to Indiana.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in New Haven, about 49% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
Where and when crime happens in New Haven
New Haven has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In New Haven, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 35% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (76%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How New Haven compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to New Haven, 3 have less crime. Monroeville and Hoagland have the least.
Parking lots, density and walkability in New Haven
Two things set New Haven apart: it has 5.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.63 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 80% 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.4.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 66% 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 Haven
Crime costs New Haven about $823 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% 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 $17 million a year, or $948 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$56
Rape
$270,000
$15
Robbery
$69,000
$4
Assault
$2.7 million
$145
Burglary
$370,000
$20
Theft
$840,000
$45
Vehicle theft
$310,000
$17
Arson
$45,000
$2
Vandalism
$460,000
$25
Total
$6.1 million
$330
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 Haven 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.
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 Haven, IN average a SchoolGrade of D-: 30% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in New Haven on SchoolGrade
