Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0East Brunswick Township sees less violent crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns
Among its 5 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. East Brunswick Township’s Safety Grade, B− (#217 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. On top of that, for every 1,000 residents, 1.1 violent crimes and 12.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of New Jersey, the figures are 2.1 and 13.8.
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 East Brunswick Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on East Brunswick Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: South River (A), South Brunswick Township (B+), Milltown (B−), North Brunswick Township (B−), New Brunswick (D). Old Bridge Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Sayreville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Spotswood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so East Brunswick 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 East Brunswick 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 East Brunswick Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.4) 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
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| Year | East Brunswick Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Brunswick Township’s police reported 170 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 East Brunswick 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 1 violent crime, 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 | East Brunswick Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | East Brunswick Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 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.
661 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.
60 violent and 601 property, as reported to the FBI by East Brunswick Township’s police.
16 people died in crashes on East Brunswick Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Brunswick Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
East Brunswick Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick Township | B− | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Old Bridge Township | — | — | — |
| Milltown | B− | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| North Brunswick Township | B− | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| South River | A | 0.8 | 3.1 |
| Sayreville | — | — | — |
| New Brunswick | D | 6.7 | 23.9 |
| Spotswood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Old Bridge Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Sayreville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Spotswood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Brunswick Township | B− | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| Monroe Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| West New York | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to East Brunswick Township’s population (50,678), 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 East Brunswick 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 East Brunswick Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (51,415 in 2025); our figure for East Brunswick Township is 50,678 (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 East Brunswick Township
Is East Brunswick Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Brunswick 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 1.1 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 East Brunswick Township?
1.1 violent and 12.4 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.
How many homicides were there in East Brunswick Township in 2025?
East Brunswick Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is East Brunswick Township safer than South Brunswick Township?
South Brunswick Township reports less crime per resident than East Brunswick Township: South Brunswick Township grades B+ for safety and East Brunswick Township B−. South Brunswick Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 7.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Brunswick Township?
East Brunswick Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Brunswick 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.