Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Newton Township, PA: what is reported
The FBI holds no crime figures for Newton Township alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 15 towns with grades of their own. The closest graded town is Clarks Summit, 4 miles away, at A.
The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Summit | A | 4 mi | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| South Abington Township | A− | 5 mi | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Old Forge | A− | 6 mi | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Scranton | C | 6 mi | 3.1 | 13.5 |
| Dickson City | C− | 7 mi | 3.4 | 23.9 |
| Duryea | B+ | 7 mi | 2.2 | 4.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Newton Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Newton Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Newton Township’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 Newton Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newton Township’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.
Newton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom Township | — | — | — |
| Exeter Township | — | — | — |
| South Abington Township | A− | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Glenburn Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ransom Township, Exeter Township and Glenburn Township have no FBI figures of their own for 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 Newton Township
Is Newton Township, PA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Newton Township. Newton Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Pennsylvania towns with a grade are Clarks Summit (A, 4 mi), South Abington Township (A−, 5 mi), Old Forge (A−, 6 mi).
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Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Newton Township.
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.