Photo: KForce at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Edison Township fell 25% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Edison Township grades C+ for safety (#275 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey, and #68 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Edison Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Edison Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Highland Park (B), East Brunswick Township (B−), South Plainfield (C+), New Brunswick (D). Sayreville and Woodbridge Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Piscataway Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Edison Township’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 ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Edison Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.9 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of New Jersey (2.5) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of New Jersey
44.6 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (43 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of New Jersey (46.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Edison Township reports less crime per resident than 79% (#68). Places like it ↓
A job center
Edison Township has 77,472 jobs based in town for 109,077 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 Edison 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) 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.
Homicides and robberies
Edison Township’s police reported 2 homicides, 43 robberies and 198 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of New Jersey and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Edison Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.9 | 46.9 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 49.1 | 50.4 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 45.8 | 51.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 38.9 | 38.1 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Edison Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Edison Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 20.3 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 18.8 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 15 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
1,830 crimes reported in 2025
198 violent and 1,632 property, as reported to the FBI by Edison Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
32 people died in crashes on Edison Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Edison Township had 31 fatal crashes in five years, in which 32 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for New Jersey towns of 100,000+ people (5.8, 7 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.
Edison Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Township | C+ | 1.8 | 17.9 |
| New Brunswick | D | 6.7 | 23.9 |
| Highland Park | B | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Sayreville | — | — | — |
| Woodbridge Township | — | — | — |
| Piscataway Township | — | — | — |
| South Plainfield | C+ | 1.4 | 18.9 |
| East Brunswick Township | B− | 1.1 | 12.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sayreville and Woodbridge Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Piscataway Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Township | C+ | 1.8 | 17.9 |
| Lakewood Township | B+ | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| Toms River Township | B | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.9 | 21.8 |
| Elizabeth | D | 4.3 | 26.8 |
| Trenton | D | 9.6 | 21.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Edison Township’s population (109,077), by grade.
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 Edison 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 Edison Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (110,617 in 2025); our figure for Edison Township is 109,077 (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 Edison Township
Is Edison Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Edison Township 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 1.8 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 Edison Township?
1.8 violent and 17.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Edison Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Edison Township in 2025?
Edison Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Edison Township safer than New Brunswick?
New Brunswick reports more crime per resident than Edison Township: New Brunswick grades D for safety and Edison Township C+. New Brunswick’s police reported 6.7 violent and 23.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Edison Township?
Edison Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Edison 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.