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Newtown Square, PA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Newtown Square has an overall crime rate of 8 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Newtown Square is 1 in 122. How does Newtown Square fare compared to other communities in Pennsylvania of all population sizes? Newtown Square's crime rate is lower than approximately 50% of Pennsylvania communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Newtown Square has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Newtown Square is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Newtown Square does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Newtown Square.

For Newtown Square, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Newtown Square than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1576, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Newtown Square; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Newtown Square Crime Data

total Crime Index

56

(100 is safest)


Safer than 56% of U.S. cities.

Newtown Square Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

15

179

194

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.63

7.57

8.21

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.63
2.8
National Median: 4
    Newtown Square
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,576

in Newtown Square

1 in 357

in Pennsylvania

Newtown Square Violent Crimes

Population: 23,641
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
7.57
14.83
National Median: 20
    Newtown Square
    Pennsylvania

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 132

in Newtown Square

1 in 67

in Pennsylvania

Property Crimes

Population: 23,641
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Newtown Square Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
6
43
National Median: 27.0
    Newtown Square
    Pennsylvania