Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Chesterfield Township than in 98% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 74% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, that puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crimes Chesterfield Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #3 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Police counts work out at 0.2 violent crime and 1.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of New Jersey they are 2.1 and 13.8. Violent crime here is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 97%.
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 Chesterfield Township
Chesterfield Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Chesterfield Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Mansfield Township (A−), Bordentown Township (B+), Hamilton Township (C). North Hanover Township and Springfield Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Chesterfield 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Chesterfield Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Chesterfield Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.8 | 14.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Chesterfield Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Chesterfield Township’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Chesterfield 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
7 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.
1 violent and 6 property, as reported to the FBI by Chesterfield Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Chesterfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Chesterfield Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (3 of 6) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is more than is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chesterfield Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chesterfield Township’s own rate (13.1) 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.
Chesterfield Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.9 | 21.8 |
| Mansfield Township | A− | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Bordentown Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| North Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Hanover Township and Springfield Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Pitman | A | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Boonton | B+ | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Clayton | B+ | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| Absecon | C− | 2.6 | 25.3 |
| Audubon | D | 0.6 | 41.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Chesterfield Township’s population (9,046), 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,932 in 2025); our figure for Chesterfield Township is 9,046 (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 Chesterfield Township
Is Chesterfield Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Chesterfield Township reports less crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #3 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.2 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 Chesterfield Township?
0.2 violent and 1.4 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 Chesterfield Township safer than Hamilton Township?
Hamilton Township reports more crime per resident than Chesterfield Township: Hamilton Township grades C for safety and Chesterfield Township A+. Hamilton Township’s police reported 1.9 violent and 21.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Chesterfield Township?
Chesterfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Chesterfield 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.