Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ has a B safety grade (61/100) with a violent crime rate of 184 per 100,000, 48% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
At 93,487 residents, Hamilton Township, Mercer 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.
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 48% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ shows violent crime at 184 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,347.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 48% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
184/100K violent
2347.9/100K property
-48% vs U.S.
The verdict
Hamilton Township, Mercer County earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 48% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-48%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
49th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,347.9
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ
Comparable rate records
Hamilton Township, Mercer County's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 184.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Keyport (183.8), Egg Harbor City (182.4), Netcong (181.6), Ocean Township, Monmouth County (186.8). 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
Hamilton Township, Mercer County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 184.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hamilton Township, Mercer County ranks 76 of 417 — above 341 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +170.0% 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 Hamilton Township, Mercer 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.
Property offenses lead Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
Property Crime
2,195
2347.9
1395.7
Larceny-Theft
1,859
1988.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
180
192.5
-
Burglary
156
166.9
-
Arson
4
4.3
-
Violent Crime
172
184
215.7
Aggravated Assault
113
120.9
-
Robbery
38
40.6
-
Rape
20
21.4
-
Murder
1
1.1
-
How Hamilton Township, Mercer 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 Hamilton Township, Mercer County in population. Their populations run from 71,138 to 109,086, against 93,487 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 184/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
What is the crime rate in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ? ▼
Hamilton Township, Mercer County has a violent crime rate of 184 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2347.9 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ safe? ▼
Hamilton Township, Mercer County receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 61/100. The violent crime rate is 48% below the national average and 15% below the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Hamilton Township, Mercer County is 93,487 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Hamilton Township, Mercer County? ▼
In 2024, Hamilton Township, Mercer County reported 172 violent crimes and 2,195 property crimes, for a total of 2,367 reported offenses.
How do Hamilton Township, Mercer County's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Hamilton Township, Mercer County recorded about one reported offense per 39 residents and one reported violent offense per 544 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
What is the most common crime in Hamilton Township, Mercer County? ▼
The most common crime type in Hamilton Township, Mercer County is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.5% of all reported crimes (1,859 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Hamilton Township, Mercer 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 Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.