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Graded on crimes Carneys Point Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety: #190 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Each year brought 1.4 violent crimes and 8.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey).
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 Carneys Point Township
Carneys Point Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Carneys Point Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pennsville Township (C). Mannington Township, Oldmans Township and Pilesgrove Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Penns Grove 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 Carneys Point Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 62% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Carneys Point Township is home to Salem Community College, with 931 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Carneys Point Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Carneys Point Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Carneys Point Township’s police reported 37 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.
Crime in Carneys Point Township per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Carneys Point Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Carneys Point Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
71 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
16 violent and 55 property, as reported to the FBI by Carneys Point Township’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Carneys Point Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Carneys Point Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 36.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people (4.5, 369 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.
Carneys Point Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Point Township | B | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Mannington Township | — | — | — |
| Pennsville Township | C | 1.2 | 27.1 |
| Oldmans Township | — | — | — |
| Penns Grove | — | — | — |
| Pilesgrove Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mannington Township, Oldmans Township and Pilesgrove Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Penns Grove reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Point Township | B | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Kenilworth | A− | 0.2 | 7.7 |
| Boonton | B+ | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Closter | B+ | 0.2 | 10.7 |
| West Long Branch | B | 0.5 | 12.6 |
| Audubon | D | 0.6 | 41.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Carneys Point Township’s population (8,766), by grade.
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 Carneys Point Township. 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 Carneys Point Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,708 in 2025); our figure for Carneys Point Township is 8,766 (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 Carneys Point Township
Is Carneys Point Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Carneys Point Township reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #190 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 Carneys Point Township?
1.4 violent and 8.1 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 Carneys Point Township safer than Pennsville Township?
Pennsville Township reports more crime per resident than Carneys Point Township: Pennsville Township grades C for safety and Carneys Point Township B. Pennsville Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 27.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Carneys Point Township?
Carneys Point Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Carney's Point Township”. 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, 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.