Photo: AEMoreira042281 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Dunellen, without a grade
Count 24 graded towns in the 10 miles around. Dunellen’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Green Brook Township, 1 mile away, graded A−.
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Dunellen’s police reported
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| Year | Dunellen | Rest of New Jersey | Dunellen | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.2 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 14.8 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 5.9 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 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.
58 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.
7 violent and 51 property, as reported to the FBI by Dunellen’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | A− | 1 mi | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Middlesex | A | 2 mi | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| North Plainfield | C+ | 3 mi | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| South Plainfield | C+ | 3 mi | 1.4 | 18.9 |
| Watchung | C− | 4 mi | 0.4 | 38.7 |
| Warren Township | A | 4 mi | 0.1 | 4.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Dunellen. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dunellen.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Dunellen’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what 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 Dunellen’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dunellen’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Dunellen and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Middlesex | A | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Piscataway Township | — | — | — |
| Plainfield | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Piscataway Township and Plainfield reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Dunellen. 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 Dunellen’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,618 in 2025); our figure for Dunellen is 8,337 (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 Dunellen
Is Dunellen, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Dunellen. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Green Brook Township (A−, 1 mi), Middlesex (A, 2 mi), North Plainfield (C+, 3 mi).
Who polices Dunellen?
Dunellen’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dunellen”. 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.