The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Newport Coast, CA
Newport Coast is a city of 10,200 in Orange County, about 40 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles · Updated November 2026
Is Newport Coast, CA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Newport Coast has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 923 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Newport Coast as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Newport Coast scores 923.
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 Newport Coast, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Newport Coast, 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 Newport Coast
Simple assaults are uncommon. Newport Coast has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Newport Coast
Every part of Newport Coast where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Newport Coast run from A+ to A; every part of Newport Coast has 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 Newport Coast, the east side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Newport Coast?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Newport Coast is up 59%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Newport CoastUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Newport Coast. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Newport Coast
Violent, US
Property, Newport Coast
Property, US
2016
-19%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
-9%
+4%
+20%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+17%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
+24%
+6%
-3%
-10%
2022
+22%
+5%
+3%
-6%
2023
+33%
+2%
-0%
-7%
2024
+59%
-4%
-10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Newport Coast
CrimeGrade™ estimates Newport Coast has about 15 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 60% less than the US as a whole and 62% less than California.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Newport Coast is theft, about 49% of the total. It also makes up 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 Newport Coast
The Newport Beach Police Department polices Newport Coast; these figures cover Newport Beach as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Newport Beach as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (54%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Newport Coast compares with nearby cities
Newport Coast has the least crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Walkability, shops and parking lots in Newport Coast
Two things set Newport Coast apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (7 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 7.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and they run low here.
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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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.34 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 64% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Newport Coast: F (2 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% 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.21% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 59% 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 Newport Coast
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Newport Coast about $344 a year per household, 71% 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 $3.7 million a year, or $361 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$170,000
$17
Rape
$110,000
$10
Robbery
$75,000
$7
Assault
$300,000
$29
Burglary
$230,000
$22
Theft
$390,000
$38
Vehicle theft
$100,000
$10
Arson
$5,900
$1
Vandalism
$100,000
$10
Total
$1.5 million
$144
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 Newport Coast 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. Newport Coast 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 Newport Coast, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 66% of students test proficient, against 65% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Newport Coast on SchoolGrade
