Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Brick Township sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Brick Township grades B− for safety (#217 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NJ” is every other New Jersey city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Brick Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Brick Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Point Pleasant (A), Lakewood Township (B+), Wall Township (B), Toms River Township (B). Howell Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Brick Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 37% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 54% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Brick Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Brick Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Brick Township’s police reported 335 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Show as a table
| Year | Brick Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Show as a table
| Year | Brick Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Brick Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
944 crimes reported in 2025
127 violent and 817 property, as reported to the FBI by Brick Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
18 people died in crashes on Brick Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Brick Township had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 7 were pedestrians.
That is 4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 towns).
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.
Brick Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Township | B− | 1.4 | 11.3 |
| Lakewood Township | B+ | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| Wall Township | B | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Point Pleasant | A | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| Toms River Township | B | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| Howell Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Howell Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Township | B− | 1.4 | 11.3 |
| Franklin Township | B+ | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| Bayonne | C+ | 2.8 | 13.2 |
| East Orange | C− | 4.6 | 19.6 |
| Passaic | D | 6.4 | 19.6 |
| Camden | D− | 14.6 | 31.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Brick Township’s population (77,402), by grade.
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 Brick Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Brick Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (77,471 in 2025); our figure for Brick Township is 77,402 (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 Brick Township
Is Brick Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brick Township reports less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #217 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Brick Township?
1.4 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Brick Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Brick Township in 2025?
Brick Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Brick Township safer than Lakewood Township?
Lakewood Township reports less crime per resident than Brick Township: Lakewood Township grades B+ for safety and Brick Township B−. Lakewood Township’s police reported 1.5 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brick Township?
Brick Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brick Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Brick Township.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.