Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0East Hanover Township records less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Taking everything together, East Hanover Township scores B− (#228 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. By contrast, all 6 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Typical years here bring 0.2 violent crime plus 17.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 2.1 plus 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 East Hanover Township
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on East Hanover Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Florham Park (A), West Caldwell Township (A−), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (B+), Livingston Township (B+), Hanover Township (B), Fairfield Township (B−). Montville Township and Roseland 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 East Hanover Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 33% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 51% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
East Hanover Township has 16,096 jobs based in town for 11,457 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Hanover 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 Hanover Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Hanover Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Hanover Township’s police reported 6 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 East Hanover 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | East Hanover Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | East Hanover Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 18.4 | 14.7 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 20.0 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 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.
229 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.
4 violent and 225 property, as reported to the FBI by East Hanover Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on East Hanover Township’s roads in 2019–2023
East Hanover Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 East Hanover Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Hanover Township’s own rate (1.8) 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.
East Hanover Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hanover Township | B− | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Montville Township | — | — | — |
| West Caldwell Township | A− | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| Roseland | — | — | — |
| Fairfield Township | B− | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| Florham Park | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Montville Township and Roseland reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hanover Township | B− | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Wanaque | A+ | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Westwood | A | 0.6 | 3.0 |
| Pompton Lakes | A | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| Ridgefield | A− | 0.4 | 8.2 |
| Beachwood | B+ | 0.8 | 7.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to East Hanover Township’s population (11,457), 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 Hanover 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 East Hanover Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,254 in 2025); our figure for East Hanover Township is 11,457 (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 Hanover Township
Is East Hanover Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Hanover Township reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #228 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 East Hanover Township?
0.2 violent and 17.6 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 East Hanover Township safer than Hanover Township?
Hanover Township reports less crime per resident than East Hanover Township: Hanover Township grades B for safety and East Hanover Township B−. Hanover Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Hanover Township?
East Hanover Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Hanover 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.