Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Who reports crime for New Salisbury
New Salisbury has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Harrison County. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for New Salisbury alone, and no Safety Grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is New Albany (C−), 15 miles away. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 2.
What stands out about safety in New Salisbury
Policed by the county
New Salisbury is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for New Salisbury. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Indiana towns with their own police figures are New Albany (C−, 15 mi), Clarksville (D, 18 mi), Austin (B, 33 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Salisbury. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Harrison County without police of their own, which include New Salisbury.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Albany | C− | 15 mi | 2.8 | 25.1 |
| Clarksville | D | 18 mi | 2.1 | 36.8 |
| Austin | B | 33 mi | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| Bedford | A | 43 mi | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| Tell City | B− | 44 mi | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| Seymour | B− | 45 mi | 0.7 | 13.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of New Salisbury. Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Salisbury.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on New Salisbury’s roads in 2019–2023
New Salisbury had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New Salisbury’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Salisbury’s own rate (80.2) is context, not a ranking.
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 Salisbury and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Salisbury
Is New Salisbury, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for New Salisbury. The nearest Indiana towns with a grade are New Albany (C−, 15 mi), Clarksville (D, 18 mi), Austin (B, 33 mi).
Who polices New Salisbury?
The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office. New Salisbury is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Harrison County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in New Salisbury.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.