Photo: Fool4myCanon · CC BY 2.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Eatontown than in 70% of U.S. towns
Eatontown’s overall Safety Grade is C+ (#275 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The crimes the grade counts fell 25% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 2.1 violent crimes plus 16.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 2.1 plus 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident.
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 Eatontown
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Eatontown’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Oceanport (A), West Long Branch (B), Shrewsbury (C+), Ocean Township (C−). Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Eatontown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 20% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 36% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Eatontown has 11,689 jobs based in town for 13,607 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Eatontown’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.8) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Eatontown property | Rest of New Jersey property | Eatontown violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.8 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 1.8 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Eatontown | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Eatontown’s police reported 84 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 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 Eatontown 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.
207 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.
24 violent and 183 property, as reported to the FBI by Eatontown’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Eatontown’s roads in 2019–2023
Eatontown had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Eatontown’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Eatontown’s own rate (11.8) 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.
Eatontown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eatontown | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Ocean Township | C− | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Shrewsbury | C+ | 0.5 | 19.5 |
| West Long Branch | B | 0.5 | 12.6 |
| Oceanport | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eatontown | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Clinton Township | A | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| Cedar Grove Township | A | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| Florence Township | A− | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Woodland Park | B+ | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| Ridgefield Park | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Eatontown’s population (13,607), 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 Eatontown. 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 Eatontown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,583 in 2025); our figure for Eatontown is 13,607 (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 Eatontown
Is Eatontown, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Eatontown reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #275 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.1 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 Eatontown?
2.1 violent and 16.8 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 Eatontown safer than Ocean Township?
Ocean Township reports more crime per resident than Eatontown: Ocean Township grades C− for safety and Eatontown C+. Ocean Township’s police reported 1.4 violent and 28.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Eatontown?
Eatontown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Eatontown”. 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.