Clementon, NJ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 34% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Clementon, NJ shows violent crime at 230.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,096.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 34% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
230.9/100K violent
2096.3/100K property
-34% vs U.S.
The verdict
Clementon earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 34% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-34%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
40th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,096.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,629. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Clementon, NJ
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 80.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 230.9 in 2024 (+185.8%). The highest observed value was 317.8 in 2023 and the lowest 80.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Clementon reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 5,629. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Position in the state cohort
Clementon reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 230.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Clementon ranks 55 of 417 — above 362 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +238.9% against the cohort median of 68.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Clementon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Clementon's 230.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Englewood (230.2), Harrison (234.3), Pine Hill (226.7), Magnolia (224.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Property counts dominate Clementon's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,629. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+51.6%
1383.2 → 2096.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-27.3%
317.8 → 230.9/100K
Property offenses lead Clementon's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
Property Crime
118
2096.3
1395.7
Larceny-Theft
97
1723.2
-
Burglary
16
284.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
88.8
-
Arson
1
17.8
-
Violent Crime
13
230.9
215.7
Aggravated Assault
11
195.4
-
Robbery
2
35.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Clementon Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Clementon property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,096.3/100K↑51.6%vs 2023
Clementon violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
230.9/100K↓27.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,950
80.8
1535.4
80
2021
Comparable
5,157
271.5
1396.2
86
2022
Comparable
5,318
263.3
2350.5
139
2023
Comparable
5,350
317.8
1383.2
91
2024
Comparable
5,629
230.9
2096.3
131
How Clementon sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Clementon Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Clementon's crime figures on this page originate from Clementon Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in New Jersey
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Jersey cities closest to Clementon in population. Their populations run from 5,515 to 5,801, against 5,629 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Clementon's 230.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Clementon has a violent crime rate of 230.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2096.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Clementon, NJ safe? ▼
Clementon receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 59/100. The violent crime rate is 34% below the national average and 7% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Clementon, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Clementon is 5,629 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Clementon? ▼
In 2024, Clementon reported 13 violent crimes and 118 property crimes, for a total of 131 reported offenses.
How do Clementon's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Clementon recorded about one reported offense per 43 residents and one reported violent offense per 433 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Clementon? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Clementon's violent crime rate decreased by 27.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 51.6%.
What is the most common crime in Clementon? ▼
The most common crime type in Clementon is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.0% of all reported crimes (97 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Clementon is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Clementon, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.