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 · large city
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
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.
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.
Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 2024 municipal footprint
Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (79% of 2,367 offenses; mix index 6,296).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Hamilton Township, Mercer 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 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
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Out-of-state peers for Hamilton Township, Mercer County
Hamilton Township, Mercer County at 184/100K violent and 2,347.9/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
Hamilton Township, Mercer County violent rate vs peers
More about Hamilton Township, Mercer County's 2024 record
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.
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.