Pacific Coast Company House No. 75 · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Newcastle has less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. On top of that, the yearly rates were 0.8 violent crime and 21.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.0 and 32.1 in the rest of Washington. Its letter overall is C+ (#53 of 130 graded towns in Washington): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 39% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of WA” is every other Washington 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 Newcastle
Newcastle reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Washington towns on Newcastle’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Bellevue (C−), Renton (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Washington towns, closer to the middle
Washington’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Newcastle’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 130 Washington towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Newcastle’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Newcastle’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Newcastle property | Rest of Washington property | Newcastle violent | Rest of Washington violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.5 | 43.7 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 25.9 | 37.6 | 1.0 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 32.9 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 15.8 | 25.8 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Washington.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Newcastle | Rest of Washington | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Newcastle’s police reported 29 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Newcastle 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
216 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.
10 violent and 206 property, as reported to the FBI by Newcastle’s police.
No one died in a crash on Newcastle’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Washington towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Newcastle’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newcastle’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.
Newcastle and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Washington towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | C+ | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| Sedro-Woolley | A− | 0.4 | 7.7 |
| Enumclaw | B− | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| Lake Forest Park | B− | 0.8 | 17.5 |
| Poulsbo | C+ | 1.6 | 17.1 |
| Kelso | C | 2.1 | 22.9 |
The five graded Washington towns closest to Newcastle’s population (13,128), 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 Newcastle. 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 Newcastle’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,055 in 2025); our figure for Newcastle is 13,128 (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 Newcastle
Is Newcastle, WA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newcastle reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #53 of 130 in Washington. Its police reported 0.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.0 in the rest of Washington and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Newcastle?
0.8 violent and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Washington reports 4.0 and 32.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Newcastle safer than Renton?
Renton reports more crime per resident than Newcastle: Renton grades D for safety and Newcastle C+. Renton’s police reported 3.4 violent and 33.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newcastle?
Newcastle’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newcastle”. 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.