Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY-SA 4.0On property crime, Newport Beach has a higher rate per resident than 73% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 2.4 violent crimes and 18.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California. The crimes the grade counts fell 19% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Graded on crimes Newport Beach’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C for safety: #179 of 416 graded towns in California.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Newport Beach
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 California towns on Newport Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Irvine (B−). Costa Mesa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Newport Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 57% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Newport Beach has 81,095 jobs based in town for 81,977 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Newport Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Newport Beach property | Rest of California property | Newport Beach violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.8 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 20.1 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 18.7 | 20.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Newport Beach | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Newport Beach’s police reported 585 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Newport Beach per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,472 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
207 violent and 1,265 property, as reported to the FBI by Newport Beach’s police.
44 people died in crashes on Newport Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Newport Beach had 40 fatal crashes in five years, in which 44 people died; 15 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 10.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 231 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Newport Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Beach | C | 2.4 | 18.1 |
| Costa Mesa | — | — | — |
| Irvine | B− | 0.8 | 13.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Costa Mesa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Beach | C | 2.4 | 18.1 |
| Livermore | C | 2.1 | 20.2 |
| Perris | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Redwood City | C− | 4.4 | 17.5 |
| Buena Park | C− | 2.7 | 24.0 |
| Hawthorne | D | 6.5 | 22.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Newport Beach’s population (81,977), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Newport Beach. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Newport Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (82,431 in 2025); our figure for Newport Beach is 81,977 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Newport Beach
Is Newport Beach, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newport Beach reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #179 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Newport Beach?
2.4 violent and 18.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Newport Beach in 2025?
Newport Beach’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Newport Beach safer than Irvine?
Irvine reports less crime per resident than Newport Beach: Irvine grades B− for safety and Newport Beach C. Irvine’s police reported 0.8 violent and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newport Beach?
Newport Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newport Beach”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.