Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ has a A safety grade (82/100) with a violent crime rate of 79 per 100,000, 78% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
At 69,921 residents, Franklin Township, Somerset County is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against NJ and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 78% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ shows violent crime at 78.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,131.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 78% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
78.7/100K violent
1131.3/100K property
-78% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ
Comparable rate records
Franklin Township, Somerset County's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Franklin Township, Somerset County's 78.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Audubon (78.6), Livingston Township (78.8), Voorhees Township (78.4), Pennsville Township (78.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Franklin Township, Somerset County sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 78.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Franklin Township, Somerset County ranks 188 of 417 — above 229 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +15.4% 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.
Property counts dominate Franklin Township, Somerset County'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Franklin Township, Somerset County's 2024 municipal footprint
Franklin Township, Somerset County's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 846 offenses; mix index 5,948).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Franklin Township, Somerset County offense mix (2024)
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (when validated); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property offenses lead Franklin Township, Somerset County's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
791
1131.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
643
919.6
-
Burglary
77
110.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
71
101.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
55
78.7
352
Aggravated Assault
32
45.8
-
Robbery
13
18.6
-
Rape
9
12.9
-
Murder
1
1.4
-
How Franklin Township, Somerset County sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Similar-Size Cities in New Jersey
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Jersey cities closest to Franklin Township, Somerset County in population. Their populations run from 62,326 to 72,435, against 69,921 here. Or use our
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Franklin Township, Somerset County's closest NJ violent-rate matches
Franklin Township, Somerset County sits at 78.7/100K violent (grade A); the New Jersey cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.
Out-of-state peers for Franklin Township, Somerset County
Franklin Township, Somerset County at 78.7/100K violent and 1,131.3/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
Franklin Township, Somerset County violent rate vs peers
More about Franklin Township, Somerset County's 2024 record
How many crimes were reported in Franklin Township, Somerset County?
In 2024, Franklin Township, Somerset County reported 55 violent crimes and 791 property crimes, for a total of 846 reported offenses.
What is the most common crime in Franklin Township, Somerset County?
The most common crime type in Franklin Township, Somerset County is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.0% of all reported crimes (643 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Franklin Township, Somerset County's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.