Photo: Smallbones · Public domainRecorded crime per resident in New Hope fell 76% from 2023 to 2025
Behind the grade sit 2.3 violent crimes and 12.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.9 and 17.5 in the rest of Pennsylvania. Overall, New Hope grades C+ for safety (#447 of 578 graded towns in Pennsylvania): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of PA” is every other Pennsylvania 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 New Hope
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Pennsylvania towns on New Hope’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Solebury Township (A). Neighbors ↓
Among Pennsylvania towns, lower
Pennsylvania’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so New Hope’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 578 Pennsylvania towns we grade, against 44% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
New Hope has 2,457 jobs based in town for 2,629 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 New Hope’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.3) 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. Its property rate (12.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | New Hope property | Rest of Pennsylvania property | New Hope violent | Rest of Pennsylvania violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 4.5 | 16.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Pennsylvania.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | New Hope | Rest of Pennsylvania | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New Hope’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in New Hope 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
13 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.
1 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by New Hope’s police.
No one died in a crash on New Hope’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Pennsylvania towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New Hope’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Hope’s own rate (0.0) 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.
New Hope and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | C+ | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| Solebury Township | A | 0.3 | 4.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Pennsylvania towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | C+ | 2.3 | 12.0 |
| Mahoning Township | A+ | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Delmont | A+ | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Alburtis | A+ | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Rockledge | B | 1.0 | 9.8 |
| Ashley | B− | 3.3 | 6.9 |
The five graded Pennsylvania towns closest to New Hope’s population (2,629), 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 New Hope. 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 Hope’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,648 in 2025); our figure for New Hope is 2,629 (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 Hope
Is New Hope, PA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Hope reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #447 of 578 in Pennsylvania. Its police reported 2.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.9 in the rest of Pennsylvania and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in New Hope?
2.3 violent and 12.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Pennsylvania reports 2.9 and 17.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is New Hope safer than Solebury Township?
Solebury Township reports less crime per resident than New Hope: Solebury Township grades A for safety and New Hope C+. Solebury Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 4.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Hope?
New Hope’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Hope”. 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.