Photo: Ryan Watern1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in New Port Richey, FL
The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and New Port Richey has none for 2023–2025. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Tarpon Springs, 8 miles away, graded C+. Widen the search to 25 miles and 10 graded towns turn up.
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 7 violent crimes, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years New Port Richey’s police reported
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| Year | New Port Richey | Rest of Florida | New Port Richey | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.3 | 22.1 | 7.0 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.2 | not reported | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
557 crimes reported in 2022
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
121 violent and 436 property, as reported to the FBI by New Port Richey’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarpon Springs | C+ | 8 mi | 2.4 | 14.5 |
| Oldsmar | C+ | 14 mi | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Dunedin | B+ | 15 mi | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Safety Harbor | B+ | 17 mi | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Clearwater | C | 19 mi | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Belleair | A | 22 mi | 0.3 | 5.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of New Port Richey. Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Port Richey.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
16 people died in crashes on New Port Richey’s roads in 2019–2023
New Port Richey had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 9 were pedestrians.
That is 18.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 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.
New Port Richey and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Port Richey East | — | — | — |
| Elfers | — | — | — |
| Port Richey | — | — | — |
| Beacon Square | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Port Richey East, Elfers and Beacon Square are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Port Richey has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 New Port Richey. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against New Port Richey’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,249 in 2022); our figure for New Port Richey is 18,299 (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 New Port Richey
Is New Port Richey, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for New Port Richey. New Port Richey has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Tarpon Springs (C+, 8 mi), Oldsmar (C+, 14 mi), Dunedin (B+, 15 mi).
Who polices New Port Richey?
New Port Richey’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Port Richey”. 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, 2022, 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.