Long Branch, NJ carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 31% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Long Branch, NJ shows violent crime at 241.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,627.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 31% 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
241.6/100K violent
1627.8/100K property
-31% vs U.S.
The verdict
Long Branch earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 31% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-31%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
38th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,627.8
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Long Branch, NJ
Position in the state cohort
Long Branch reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 241.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Long Branch ranks 52 of 417 — above 365 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +254.5% 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.
Comparable rate records
Long Branch's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Long Branch's 241.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Beverly (238.1), Somerdale (245.9), Hackensack (246.4), Riverside Township (247.6). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 304.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 241.6 in 2024 (-20.8%). The highest observed value was 304.9 in 2020 and the lowest 136.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 12.9% of the 619 Part I offenses reported in Long Branch for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 5.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Long Branch'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+21.5%
1340.2 → 1627.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.4%
240.6 → 241.6/100K
Property offenses lead Long Branch's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
Property Crime
539
1627.8
1395.7
Larceny-Theft
439
1325.8
-
Burglary
65
196.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
35
105.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
80
241.6
215.7
Aggravated Assault
56
169.1
-
Robbery
13
39.3
-
Rape
10
30.2
-
Murder
1
3
-
Long Branch Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Long Branch property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,627.8/100K↑21.5%vs 2023
Long Branch violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
241.6/100K↑0.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
30,175
304.9
1855.8
652
2021
Comparable
30,148
136
1174.2
395
2022
Comparable
33,094
187.3
1275.2
484
2023
Comparable
32,831
240.6
1340.2
519
2024
Comparable
33,113
241.6
1627.8
619
How Long Branch sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Long Branch Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Long Branch's crime figures on this page originate from Long Branch 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 Long Branch in population. Their populations run from 31,546 to 34,718, against 33,113 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Long Branch's 241.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Long Branch has a violent crime rate of 241.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1627.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Long Branch, NJ safe? ▼
Long Branch receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 62/100. The violent crime rate is 31% below the national average and 12% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Long Branch, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Long Branch is 33,113 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Long Branch? ▼
In 2024, Long Branch reported 80 violent crimes and 539 property crimes, for a total of 619 reported offenses.
How do Long Branch's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Long Branch recorded about one reported offense per 53 residents and one reported violent offense per 414 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Long Branch? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Long Branch's violent crime rate increased by 0.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 21.5%.
What is the most common crime in Long Branch? ▼
The most common crime type in Long Branch is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.9% of all reported crimes (439 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Long Branch figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Long Branch, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.