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Safety in Newcomerstown · Not graded

Crime reported in Newcomerstown, OH

Newcomerstown’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
8
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
35
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
16 mi
Uhrichsville (D)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (9.7)Violent crime (2.2)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Newcomerstown2.2
Rest of OH3.9
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Newcomerstown9.7
Rest of OH19.8
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Newcomerstown’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Ohio. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearNewcomerstownRest of OhioNewcomerstownRest of Ohio
2022not reported22.6not reported4.0
202314.121.13.03.7
20249.719.82.23.9
2025not reported17.8not reported3.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

43 crimes reported in 2024

8 violent and 35 property, as reported to the FBI by Newcomerstown’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft25
Burglary8
Vehicle theft2
Aggravated assault7
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
8
violent crimes
35
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
UhrichsvilleD16 mi7.217.0
New PhiladelphiaB+17 mi1.26.0
CambridgeB−18 mi1.015.0
DoverB+19 mi1.65.7
BarnesvilleA30 mi0.62.1
BrewsterB30 mi2.26.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Newcomerstown. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Newcomerstown.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Newcomerstown’s roads in 2019–2023

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 Newcomerstown’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newcomerstown’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000: 9.6

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.

Next door

Newcomerstown and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Oxford Township: not gradedOxford Township: not gradedOxford TownshipOxford TownshipNewcomerstown
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Oxford Township (township)———
Oxford Township (township)———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oxford Township (township) and Oxford Township (township) have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Newcomerstown. 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 Newcomerstown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,626 in 2024); our figure for Newcomerstown is 3,607 (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 Newcomerstown

Is Newcomerstown, OH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Newcomerstown. Newcomerstown’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Uhrichsville (D, 16 mi), New Philadelphia (B+, 17 mi), Cambridge (B−, 18 mi).

Who polices Newcomerstown?

Newcomerstown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newcomerstown”. 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, 2024, 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.