Howell Township, NJ has a A safety grade (85/100) with a violent crime rate of 83 per 100,000, 76% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Howell Township, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
At 53,988 residents, Howell Township 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.
Howell Township, NJ carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 76% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Howell Township, NJ shows violent crime at 83.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 796.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 76% 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
83.4/100K violent
796.5/100K property
-76% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Howell Township, NJ
Comparable rate records
Howell Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Howell Township's 83.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Stanhope (83.4), Stratford (83.8), Lopatcong Township (82.8), Hazlet Township (82.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 69.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 83.4 in 2024 (+20.5%). The highest observed value was 96.6 in 2023 and the lowest 59.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Howell Township sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 83.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Howell Township ranks 179 of 417 — above 238 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +22.3% 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 Howell Township'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.
Howell Township's 2024 municipal footprint
Howell Township's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 475 offenses; mix index 6,015).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-13.7%
96.6 → 83.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.9%
914.2 → 796.5/100K
Property offenses lead Howell Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
430
796.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
363
672.4
-
Burglary
50
92.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
31.5
-
Arson
2
3.7
-
Violent Crime
45
83.4
352
Aggravated Assault
33
61.1
-
Rape
7
13
-
Robbery
4
7.4
-
Murder
1
1.9
-
Howell Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Howell Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Howell Township Police Department
Reporting agency for Howell Township NIBRS-participating
Howell Township Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Howell Township's 475 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in New Jersey
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Howell Township at 83.4/100K violent and 796.5/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Howell Township reported 45 violent crimes and 430 property crimes, for a total of 475 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Howell Township?
From 2023 to 2024, Howell Township's violent crime rate decreased by 13.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.9%.
What is the most common crime in Howell Township?
The most common crime type in Howell Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.4% of all reported crimes (363 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Howell Township'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 Howell Township, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.