Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNewburgh Heights records less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violence
Its Safety Grade, B−, rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. Police counts work out at 3.1 violent crimes and 5.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Ohio they are 3.7 and 19.6.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio 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 Newburgh Heights
Newburgh Heights reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Ohio towns on Newburgh Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cleveland (D−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Newburgh Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Newburgh Heights’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (3.1) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Newburgh Heights | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Newburgh Heights’ police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Newburgh Heights 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Newburgh Heights property | Rest of Ohio property | Newburgh Heights violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.4 | 21.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 19.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 10.0 | 17.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
24 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.
6 violent and 18 property, as reported to the FBI by Newburgh Heights’ police.
Two people died in crashes on Newburgh Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Newburgh Heights had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Newburgh Heights’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newburgh Heights’s own rate (20.8) 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.
Newburgh Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh Heights | B− | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| Cleveland | D− | 15.4 | 43.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh Heights | B− | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| South Zanesville | A− | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Bellville | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Batavia | B+ | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| Elmwood Place | D− | 9.9 | 28.2 |
| Fairfax | D− | 1.7 | 127.3 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Newburgh Heights’ population (1,801), 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 Newburgh Heights. 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 Newburgh Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,803 in 2025); our figure for Newburgh Heights is 1,801 (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 Newburgh Heights
Is Newburgh Heights, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newburgh Heights reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade. Its police reported 3.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Newburgh Heights?
3.1 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Newburgh Heights safer than Cleveland?
Cleveland reports more crime per resident than Newburgh Heights: Cleveland grades D− for safety and Newburgh Heights B−. Cleveland’s police reported 15.4 violent and 43.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newburgh Heights?
Newburgh Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newburgh Heights”. 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.