Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO · CC BY 2.0Newport has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2.8 violent crimes and 37.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.2 and 21.7 in the rest of Kentucky. By contrast, all 5 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. On crimes reported by Newport’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #113 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky. The crimes the grade counts rose 28% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of KY” is every other Kentucky 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
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Kentucky towns on Newport’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Fort Thomas (A), Southgate (B+), Wilder (B+), Bellevue (B), Covington (C). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Newport has 8,705 jobs based in town for 13,998 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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’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 (2.8) 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 property | Rest of Kentucky property | Newport violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.8 | 19.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 31.9 | 24.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 38.4 | 21.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 41.3 | 19.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kentucky.
Crime in Newport 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Newport | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Newport’s police reported 117 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
603 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.
37 violent and 566 property, as reported to the FBI by Newport’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Newport’s roads in 2019–2023
Newport had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Kentucky towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Newport’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newport’s own rate (10.0) 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.
Newport and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | D | 2.8 | 37.2 |
| Lawrenceburg | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Bardstown | C+ | 1.1 | 17.8 |
| Shepherdsville | C+ | 1.6 | 17.2 |
| Somerset | C | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| Glasgow | C | 1.8 | 22.8 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Newport’s population (13,998), 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. 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 Newport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,705 in 2025); our figure for Newport is 13,998 (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
Is Newport, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newport reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #113 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 2.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Newport?
2.8 violent and 37.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kentucky reports 3.2 and 21.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Newport safer than Fort Thomas?
Fort Thomas reports less crime per resident than Newport: Fort Thomas grades A for safety and Newport D. Fort Thomas’s police reported 0.5 violent and 4.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newport?
Newport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newport”. 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.