Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Atlantic Highlands has no grade of its own; Highlands, 2 miles away, is the nearest that does
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 15 towns with grades of their own. Atlantic Highlands’ police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Atlantic Highlands’ police reported
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| Year | Atlantic Highlands | Rest of New Jersey | Atlantic Highlands | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 13.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 4.6 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | not reported | 12.6 | not reported | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
26 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
6 violent and 20 property, as reported to the FBI by Atlantic Highlands’ police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands | B+ | 2 mi | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| Middletown Township | A− | 3 mi | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Fair Haven | A+ | 4 mi | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Sea Bright | B+ | 5 mi | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Red Bank | B− | 5 mi | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Little Silver | A | 5 mi | 0.1 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Atlantic Highlands. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Atlantic Highlands.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Atlantic Highlands’s roads in 2019–2023
Atlantic Highlands had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Atlantic Highlands’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Atlantic Highlands’s own rate (13.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Atlantic Highlands and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Highlands | B+ | 1.5 | 4.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Atlantic Highlands. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Atlantic Highlands’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,373 in 2024); our figure for Atlantic Highlands is 4,417 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Atlantic Highlands
Is Atlantic Highlands, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Atlantic Highlands. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Highlands (B+, 2 mi), Middletown Township (A−, 3 mi), Fair Haven (A+, 4 mi).
Who polices Atlantic Highlands?
Atlantic Highlands’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Atlantic Highlands”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.