Lambertville, NJ carries a PlainCrime A+ safety grade with violent crime 93% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lambertville, NJ shows violent crime at 24 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 456.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 93% 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
24/100K violent
456.1/100K property
-93% vs U.S.
The verdict
Lambertville earns an A+ safety grade: violent crime runs 93% below the U.S. average, placing it among the safest cities in the country.
A+
PlainCrime safety grade
-93%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
96th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
456.1
property crimes per 100K
Based on 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,166. 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 Lambertville, NJ
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Lambertville reported 1 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,166. 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.
Comparable rate records
Lambertville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lambertville's 24.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bedminster Township (23.9), Shrewsbury (24.1), Kenilworth (23.8), Glen Ridge (24.4). 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
Lambertville reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 24.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lambertville ranks 323 of 417 — above 94 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -65.0% against the cohort median of 68.5. 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 Lambertville'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 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,166. 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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-50%
48 → 24/100K
Property Crime Rate
-36.6%
719.8 → 456.1/100K
Property offenses lead Lambertville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
19
456.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
16
384.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
48
-
Burglary
1
24
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
1
24
352
Rape
1
24
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Aggravated Assault
0
0
-
Lambertville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lambertville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
456.1/100K↓36.6%vs 2023
Lambertville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
24/100K↓50%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,788
0
554.4
21
2021
Comparable
3,777
26.5
661.9
26
2022
Comparable
4,173
0
479.3
20
2023
Comparable
4,168
48
719.8
32
2024
Comparable
4,166
24
456.1
20
How Lambertville sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Lambertville Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Lambertville's crime figures on this page originate from Lambertville 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 Lambertville in population. Their populations run from 4,031 to 4,373, against 4,166 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Lambertville's 24/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Lambertville has a violent crime rate of 24 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 456.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Lambertville, NJ safe? ▼
Lambertville receives a safety grade of A+ (Very Safe), with a safety score of 94/100. The violent crime rate is 93% below the national average and 89% below the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Lambertville, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Lambertville is 4,166 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Lambertville? ▼
In 2024, Lambertville reported 1 violent crimes and 19 property crimes, for a total of 20 reported offenses.
How do Lambertville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Lambertville recorded about one reported offense per 208 residents and one reported violent offense per 4166 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lambertville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Lambertville's violent crime rate decreased by 50%, and the property crime rate decreased by 36.6%.
What is the most common crime in Lambertville? ▼
The most common crime type in Lambertville is larceny-theft, accounting for 80.0% of all reported crimes (16 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Lambertville 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 Lambertville, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.