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New Kensington Crime Rate Report (Pennsylvania)

New Kensington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in New Kensington for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for New Kensington in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 16.3% and the city property crime rate in New Kensington was higher than the national property crime rate average by 65.51%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in New Kensington was higher than the violent crime rate in Pennsylvania by 68.04% and the city property crime rate in New Kensington was higher than the property crime rate in Pennsylvania by 91.89%.

Property and Violent Crime
New Kensington Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
New Kensington Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

New Kensington Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault37
Arson2
Burglary21
Larceny and Theft265
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape2
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)450
Property Crime300
Violent Crime45
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault38
Arson0
Burglary26
Larceny and Theft217
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape4
Robbery7
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)409
Property Crime259
Violent Crime50

Property and Violent Crime Totals

New Kensington Property Crime

New Kensington Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

New Kensington Crime 2025

New Kensington Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

New Kensington Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

New Kensington Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this New Kensington, Pennsylvania crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the New Kensington crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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