New Castle, DE Vehicle Theft Rates and Vehicle Theft Maps

Vehicle Theft per Capita in New Castle

The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 New Castle residents.

 

New Castle, DE Map of Vehicle Theft Rates
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D-

Vehicle Theft Grade™

Overall Crime Grade
F
Violent Crime Grade
D-
Property Crime Grade
D-

Which crimes are included?

1 in 293

Your yearly chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in New Castle is about 1 in 293.

$53

Vehicle Theft costs the average New Castle resident about $53 per year.

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Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in New Castle in green. The most dangerous areas in New Castle are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is New Castle, DE Safe from Vehicle Theft?

The D- grade means the rate of vehicle theft is much higher than the average US city. New Castle is in the 8th percentile for safety, meaning 92% of cities are safer and 8% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to New Castle's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of vehicle theft in New Castle is 3.418 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in New Castle generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in New Castle may be as high as 1 in 195 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 336 in the southwest part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the southwest parts of New Castle, DE: about 57 per year. The southeast part of New Castle has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 0 in a typical year.

How New Castle's Vehicle Theft Rate Compares

The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in New Castle to the Delaware state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

New Castle, DE: 3.418
Delaware: 1.883
USA: 2.785

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

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Vehicle Theft in New Castle, DE

Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of New Castle about $2,901,633 in 2025, or roughly $53 per resident. This is part of New Castle's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for New Castle, including every crime type and how New Castle compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Vehicle Theft Map

Remember that vehicle theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading New Castle's crime maps on the New Castle overall crime page.

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Vehicle Theft Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of vehicle theft 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
Vehicle Theft Crime Grade
Wilmington Manor, DE
F
D
D-
D-
Newport, DE
F
D-
D-
F
Pennsville, NJ
A-
B+
B-
C+
Elsmere, DE
D-
D-
D
D-
Deepwater, NJ
B-
C+
C-
C+
Brookside, DE
D-
D+
D
D
Mahoneyville, NJ
A
B+
B+
B+
Newark, DE
D-
C-
D
D-
Delaware City, DE
F
F
D+
D
Bear, DE
D
B-
D+
D

Vehicle Theft in City with Similar Populations

New Castle is similar versus other cities of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Vehicle Theft Crime Grade
Spring Valley, NY
C+
D
D
D+
Lakewood, OH
D
C
C
F
Lincoln, CA
B+
B-
B-
D
Lombard, IL
C
B+
B+
F
Morristown, TN
D+
D
D
C+
Princeton, NJ
B
A
A
C+
Sevierville, TN
D
D+
D+
C
Sherman Oaks, CA
D
D
D
F
Southaven, MS
A-
A+
A+
C-
Spanaway, WA
D-
D+
D+
F

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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