Manville, NJ is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 72% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Manville, NJ shows violent crime at 100 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 963.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 72% 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
100/100K violent
963.8/100K property
-72% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Manville, NJ
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Manville reported 11 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 10,998. 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
Manville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Manville's 100.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are West Deptford Township (99.8), Hightstown (100.5), Bordentown City (99.2), South Brunswick Township (101.1). 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
Manville sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 100.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Manville ranks 159 of 417 — above 258 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +46.8% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 90.6% of reported property offenses in Manville, against a cohort median of 82.0%. The remainder is burglary (4) and motor vehicle theft (6). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 108.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 100.0 in 2024 (-8.0%). The highest observed value was 108.7 in 2020 and the lowest 64.1 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Manville'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 11 reported violent incidents in a population of 10,998. 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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Manville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.4 Census sq mi, Manville logged 44.9 property and 4.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Manville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (82% of 117 offenses; mix index 6,803).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+56%
64.1 → 100/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.3%
1098.7 → 963.8/100K
Property offenses lead Manville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
106
963.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
96
872.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
54.6
-
Burglary
4
36.4
-
Arson
1
9.1
-
Violent Crime
11
100
352
Rape
5
45.5
-
Robbery
3
27.3
-
Aggravated Assault
3
27.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Manville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Manville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Manville: 100 violent, 964 property per 100,000 (grade A)
West Caldwell Township: 36 violent, 729 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Pine Hill: 227 violent, 1351 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Totowa: 128 violent, 1919 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lincoln Park: 18 violent, 607 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Wanaque: 36 violent, 187 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
South Amboy: 139 violent, 1391 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Ocean City: 116 violent, 2063 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Franklin Lakes: 27 violent, 373 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Manville Police Department
Reporting agency for Manville NIBRS-participating
Manville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Manville's 117 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Jersey cities closest to Manville in population. Their populations run from 10,781 to 11,251, against 10,998 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Manville reported 11 violent crimes and 106 property crimes, for a total of 117 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Manville?
From 2023 to 2024, Manville's violent crime rate increased by 56%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.3%.
What is the most common crime in Manville?
The most common crime type in Manville is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.1% of all reported crimes (96 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Manville 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 Manville, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.