Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ has a A+ safety grade (97/100) with a violent crime rate of 12 per 100,000, 97% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city
Monroe Township, Middlesex County (49,652 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then NJ and national benchmarks.
Data updated 2026-09-05
Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ is among the safest cities in the country, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 97% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ shows violent crime at 12.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 261.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 97% 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.
Small-count caution
Monroe Township, Middlesex County reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 49,652. 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.
Position in the state cohort
At 12.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Monroe Township, Middlesex County ranks 362 of 417 — above 55 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -82.4% 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.
Comparable rate records
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Monroe Township, Middlesex County's 12.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Madison (12.0), Cranford Township (12.4), New Milford (11.6), Closter (11.5). 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft is 68.5% of reported property offenses in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, against a cohort median of 82.1%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (11). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Monroe Township, Middlesex County'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 49,652. 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.
Monroe Township, Middlesex County's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 136 offenses; mix index 4,854).
Violent offenses are only 4% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Monroe Township, Middlesex County offense mix (2024)
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.
| Offense | Count | Rate /100K |
|---|---|---|
| Property Crime | 130 | 261.8 |
| Larceny-Theft | 89 | 179.2 |
| Burglary | 30 | 60.4 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 11 | 22.2 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Violent Crime | 6 | 12.1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 6 | 12.1 |
| Murder | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Jersey cities closest to Monroe Township, Middlesex County in population. Their populations run from 46,978 to 51,260, against 49,652 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.
Monroe Township, Middlesex County sits at 12.1/100K violent (grade A+); the New Jersey cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.
Monroe Township, Middlesex County at 12.1/100K violent and 261.8/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
12.1/100K here; nearest out-of-state matches.
261.8/100K here; violent-rate peers above excluded.
In 2024, Monroe Township, Middlesex County reported 6 violent crimes and 130 property crimes, for a total of 136 reported offenses.
The most common crime type in Monroe Township, Middlesex County is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.4% of all reported crimes (89 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Monroe Township, Middlesex County 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.
Mid-size rate methodology for how Monroe Township, Middlesex County's mid-size city row is sourced and ranked.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.
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