Toms River Township, NJ Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Toms River Township, NJ

Toms River Township, NJ — reporting population 102,734 in 2024 — recorded 138 violent crimes and 1,151 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 134.3 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 1120.4 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 3 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 98 incidents, robbery 10, murder 1, and rape 29 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (1,020), burglary (78), motor vehicle theft (53), and arson (5). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Toms River Township's mix at 79.1% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Toms River Township runs 90% above the US benchmark, and 38% below the New Jersey statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 80 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 744 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.