Neptune Township, NJ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 18% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Neptune Township, NJ shows violent crime at 289.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,260.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 18% 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
289.6/100K violent
3260.8/100K property
-18% vs U.S.
The verdict
Neptune Township earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 18% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-18%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
31st
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,260.8
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Neptune Township, NJ
Position in the state cohort
Neptune Township reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 289.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Neptune Township ranks 38 of 417 — above 379 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +325.0% 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
Neptune Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Neptune Township's 289.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ocean Gate (291.8), Wildwood Crest (294.9), Pemberton Township (295.6), West New York (296.5). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 399.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 289.6 in 2024 (-27.4%). The highest observed value was 399.0 in 2020 and the lowest 289.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Neptune 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
-14.8%
340 → 289.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-5%
3431.5 → 3260.8/100K
Property offenses lead Neptune Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
vs US avg
Property Crime
912
3260.8
1395.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
816
2917.5
-
-
Burglary
73
261
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
82.2
-
-
Arson
1
3.6
-
-
Violent Crime
81
289.6
215.7
352
Aggravated Assault
61
218.1
-
-
Robbery
15
53.6
-
-
Rape
5
17.9
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Neptune Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Neptune Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,260.8/100K↓5%vs 2023
Neptune Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
289.6/100K↓14.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
27,320
399
3341.9
1,022
2021
Comparable
27,283
392.2
2173.5
700
2022
Comparable
28,491
389.6
2913.2
941
2023
Comparable
28,238
340
3431.5
1,065
2024
Comparable
27,969
289.6
3260.8
993
How Neptune Township sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Neptune Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Neptune Township's crime figures on this page originate from Neptune 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 Neptune Township in population. Their populations run from 27,062 to 28,921, against 27,969 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Neptune Township's 289.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Neptune Township has a violent crime rate of 289.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3260.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Neptune Township, NJ safe? ▼
Neptune Township receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 43/100. The violent crime rate is 18% below the national average and 34% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Neptune Township, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Neptune Township is 27,969 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Neptune Township? ▼
In 2024, Neptune Township reported 81 violent crimes and 912 property crimes, for a total of 993 reported offenses.
How do Neptune Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Neptune Township recorded about one reported offense per 28 residents and one reported violent offense per 345 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Neptune Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Neptune Township's violent crime rate decreased by 14.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 5%.
What is the most common crime in Neptune Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Neptune Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.2% of all reported crimes (816 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Neptune 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 Neptune Township, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.