Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in New Kent, without a grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is West Point, 11 miles away, graded B+. New Kent has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in New Kent County. The New Kent County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for New Kent alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 3 towns that have a grade.
What stands out about safety in New Kent
Policed by the county
New Kent is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for New Kent. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Virginia towns with their own police figures are West Point (B+, 11 mi), Williamsburg (B−, 23 mi), Hopewell (C−, 23 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Kent. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of New Kent County without police of their own, which include New Kent.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in New Kent County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the New Kent County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point | B+ | 11 mi | 1.7 | 4.3 |
| Williamsburg | B− | 23 mi | 2.1 | 12.3 |
| Hopewell | C− | 23 mi | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Richmond | D | 27 mi | 3.8 | 34.1 |
| Colonial Heights | D | 28 mi | 4.2 | 33.3 |
| Tappahannock | D | 28 mi | 4.7 | 27.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of New Kent. Nearby towns can differ a lot from New Kent.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on New Kent’s roads in 2019–2023
New Kent had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) 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 Virginia towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New Kent’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Kent’s own rate (25.0) 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 Kent and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 New Kent
Is New Kent, VA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for New Kent. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are West Point (B+, 11 mi), Williamsburg (B−, 23 mi), Hopewell (C−, 23 mi).
Who polices New Kent?
The New Kent County Sheriff’s Office. New Kent is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of New Kent County without police of their own.
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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.