Middle Township, NJ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 25% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Middle Township, NJ shows violent crime at 263.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,926.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
263.1/100K violent
1926.1/100K property
-25% vs U.S.
The verdict
Middle Township earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-25%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
35th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,926.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Middle Township, NJ
Position in the state cohort
Middle Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 263.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Middle Township ranks 43 of 417 — above 374 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +286.1% 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
Middle Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Middle Township's 263.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Morristown (264.5), Westampton Township (260.2), Eatontown (267.3), Mount Holly Township (254.6). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 193.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 263.1 in 2024 (+36.0%). The highest observed value was 388.0 in 2021 and the lowest 193.4 in 2020. 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 12.0% of the 441 Part I offenses reported in Middle Township for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 4.9 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 Middle 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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25.6%
353.7 → 263.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+21.9%
1579.5 → 1926.1/100K
Property offenses lead Middle Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
Property Crime
388
1926.1
1395.7
Larceny-Theft
331
1643.2
-
Burglary
40
198.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
84.4
-
Arson
3
14.9
-
Violent Crime
53
263.1
215.7
Aggravated Assault
41
203.5
-
Rape
8
39.7
-
Robbery
4
19.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Middle Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Middle Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,926.1/100K↑21.9%vs 2023
Middle Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
263.1/100K↓25.6%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
18,093
193.4
1354.1
280
2021
Comparable
18,041
388
1823.6
399
2022
Comparable
20,845
316.6
1818.2
445
2023
Comparable
20,639
353.7
1579.5
399
2024
Comparable
20,144
263.1
1926.1
441
How Middle Township sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Middle Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Middle Township's crime figures on this page originate from Middle Township Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Middle Township in population. Their populations run from 19,285 to 20,663, against 20,144 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Middle Township's 263.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Middle Township has a violent crime rate of 263.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1926.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Middle Township, NJ safe? ▼
Middle Township receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 57/100. The violent crime rate is 25% below the national average and 22% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Middle Township, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Middle Township is 20,144 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Middle Township? ▼
In 2024, Middle Township reported 53 violent crimes and 388 property crimes, for a total of 441 reported offenses.
How do Middle Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Middle Township recorded about one reported offense per 46 residents and one reported violent offense per 380 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Middle Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Middle Township's violent crime rate decreased by 25.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 21.9%.
What is the most common crime in Middle Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Middle Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.1% of all reported crimes (331 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Middle Township 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 Middle Township, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.