Crime & Safety in Newport News
Newport News's crime data reads unfavorably across sources reviewed this pass -- NeighborhoodScout describes the city's 32-per-1,000 overall rate as "one of the highest crime rates in America," and CrimeGrade assigns an overall D grade -- stated plainly here rather than downplayed.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout: a high overall rate
NeighborhoodScout cites Newport News's overall crime rate at 32 per 1,000 residents, explicitly describing it as "one of the highest crime rates in America" among all communities of all sizes, with a 1-in-31 chance of victimization for violent or property crime combined.
CrimeGrade: an overall D grade, D+ for violent crime specifically
CrimeGrade.org assigns Newport News an overall D grade (16th percentile -- safer than only 16% of cities reviewed) and a violent-crime-specific D+ grade (4.584 per 1,000, 23rd percentile) -- both consistent with NeighborhoodScout's more unfavorable overall framing, unlike the source disagreements documented for some sibling cities in this build.
Real, meaningful geographic variance within the city
The west part of Newport News is cited as safest (1-in-56 victim odds) versus the southeast (1-in-15 -- the least favorable odds cited across any of the four cities researched in this pass). This is a real, significant geographic spread worth weighing for a specific address.
What this means for a relocation decision
Unlike several sibling cities in this build where crime-data sources genuinely disagreed, Newport News's sources this pass converged on a consistently less favorable overall picture -- worth factoring honestly into any relocation decision, alongside the city's real affordability and shipbuilding-employment advantages. No specific lower-rated area beyond this general west/southeast framing is named here per site policy.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout cites Newport News's overall crime rate at 32/1,000, explicitly "one of the highest in America" (1-in-31 victim odds).
- CrimeGrade assigns an overall D grade and a violent-crime-specific D+ grade -- consistent with, not contradicting, NeighborhoodScout's framing.
- Real, significant geographic variance: west part of the city safest (1-in-56) vs. southeast (1-in-15).
- Sources converged on a consistently less favorable picture this pass, unlike some sibling cities where sources disagreed -- worth weighing honestly in a relocation decision.
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