What is the crime rate for ZIP code 08844?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Somerset County, NJ (the county containing ZIP 08844) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 08844 in?

ZIP code 08844 is located in Somerset County, NJ.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 08844

Somerset County, New Jersey: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

43,077
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 08844 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 08844 sits within Somerset County, NJ, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 08844 is the largest ZIP in Somerset County by population, 43,077 residents (#2 of 27 county ZIPs), across 55.16 square miles (781/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Somerset County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Somerset County crime page linked below.

ZIP 08844 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Somerset County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 08844 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $153,091
Median age: 42.3 years
Owner-occupied homes: 83%
Occupied homes: 15,582

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 08844 settlement vs Somerset County

ZIP 08844 itself is about 781 people per Census sq mi across 55.2 sq mi (43,077 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 08844 accounts for roughly 12.5% of the county reporting population (43,077 of 345,361).

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 08844

Similar Census population (~43,077)

ZIP 14450, NY · 43,082 pop · Δ5
ZIP 95765, CA · 43,059 pop · Δ18
ZIP 46038, IN · 43,112 pop · Δ35
ZIP 53081, WI · 43,042 pop · Δ35

County detail: Somerset County · State atlas: New Jersey

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.