Washington Township, Warren County, NJ has a A safety grade (89/100) with a violent crime rate of 29 per 100,000, 92% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city
Washington Township, Warren County, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
Washington Township, Warren County is a small municipal reporter (6,878 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with NJ and U.S. context.
Washington Township, Warren County, NJ is among the safest cities in the country, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 92% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washington Township, Warren County, NJ shows violent crime at 29.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 886.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 92% 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
29.1/100K violent
886.9/100K property
-92% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washington Township, Warren County, NJ
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Washington Township, Warren County reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 6,878. 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
Washington Township, Warren County's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Washington Township, Warren County's 29.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are River Vale Township (28.8), Wood-Ridge (28.7), Haworth (29.5), Paramus (29.9). 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
Washington Township, Warren County sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 29.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washington Township, Warren County ranks 305 of 417 — above 112 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -57.5% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.8% of reported property offenses in Washington Township, Warren County, against a cohort median of 82.0%. The remainder is burglary (4) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.2% of the 63 Part I offenses reported in Washington Township, Warren County for 2024, against a median of 7.2% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 4.1 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 Washington Township, Warren 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 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,878. 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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Washington Township, Warren County's 2024 municipal footprint
Washington Township, Warren County's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (89% of 63 offenses; mix index 7,954).
Violent offenses are only 3% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Washington Township, Warren 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.
Property offenses lead Washington Township, Warren County's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
61
886.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
56
814.2
-
Burglary
4
58.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
14.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
2
29.1
352
Aggravated Assault
2
29.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
How Washington Township, Warren County sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Washington Township, Warren County: 29 violent, 887 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Allendale: 0 violent, 116 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Morris Plains: 59 violent, 1128 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Linwood: 14 violent, 718 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Rockaway: 15 violent, 326 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Mountainside: 14 violent, 340 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
North Caldwell: 15 violent, 643 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Keyport: 184 violent, 1598 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Milltown: 70 violent, 1281 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Similar-Size Cities in New Jersey
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Washington Township, Warren County's closest NJ violent-rate matches
Washington Township, Warren County sits at 29.1/100K violent (grade A); the New Jersey cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.
More about Washington Township, Warren County's 2024 record
How many crimes were reported in Washington Township, Warren County?
In 2024, Washington Township, Warren County reported 2 violent crimes and 61 property crimes, for a total of 63 reported offenses.
What is the most common crime in Washington Township, Warren County?
The most common crime type in Washington Township, Warren County is larceny-theft, accounting for 88.9% of all reported crimes (56 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Washington Township, Warren County is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Washington Township, Warren County, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.