Newark, OH Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Newark, OH Summary

Crime in Newark research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Newark over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Newark:

  • There were 1,499 total crimes committed in Newark the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,949.7 total crimes per 100K people in Newark.
  • The overall crime rate in Newark is 26.91% above the national average.
  • Newark ranks #373 safest out of 426 cities in Ohio.
  • Newark ranks #8,069 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Newark Vs Ohio And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Newark is 2,949.7 per 100,000 people. That's 26.91% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 36.62% higher than the Ohio total crime rate of 2,159.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Newark
/ 100k People
Ohio
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,499 2,949.7 2,159.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.0 6.3
Robbery 27 53.1 66.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 72 141.7 191.6 268.2
Violent Crime 118 232.2 308.8 369.8
Burglary 220 432.9 318.8 269.8
Larceny 1,020 2,007.2 1,359.8 1,401.9
Car Theft 141 277.5 171.7 282.7
Property Crime 1,381 2,717.5 1,850.3 1,954.4

Newark Crime Compared To Ohio Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Ohio.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Newark

118
Violent Crimes
232.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.21%
Below The National Average
  • There were 118 violent crimes in Newark in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Newark is 232.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 430.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Newark each year. That compares to a 1 in 323.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.21% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -24.80% lower than the Ohio violent crime rate of 308.8 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Newark

1,381
Property Crimes
2,717.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
39.05%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,381 property crimes in Newark in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Newark is 2,717.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 36.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Newark each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 39.05% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 46.87% higher than the Ohio property crime rate of 1,850.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Newark

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Pataskala, OH 18,283 132 722.0 645.4 76.6
New Albany, OH 10,851 159 1,465.3 1,373.1 92.2
Heath, OH 10,641 489 4,595.4 4,435.7 159.8
Granville, OH 5,741 34 592.2 522.6 69.7
Buckeye Lake, OH 2,575 46 1,786.4 1,514.6 271.8
Hebron, OH 2,376 43 1,809.8 1,641.4 168.4

Newark SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
8
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