Photo: U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos · Public domainReported crime per resident in Egg Harbor Township fell 43% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Egg Harbor Township grades C+ for safety (#267 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 62% 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 Egg Harbor Township
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Egg Harbor Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Linwood (A−), Northfield (B+), Galloway Township (B−), Hamilton Township (C), Pleasantville (C), Somers Point (C−). Estell Manor has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Margate City 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 Egg Harbor Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 22% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 38% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Egg Harbor 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 Egg Harbor Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
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 | Egg Harbor Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Egg Harbor Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.6 | 13.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 24.5 | 14.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 16.7 | 14.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Egg Harbor Township’s police reported 205 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Egg Harbor Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 13 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.
714 crimes reported in 2025
73 violent and 641 property, as reported to the FBI by Egg Harbor 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.
34 people died in crashes on Egg Harbor Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Egg Harbor Township had 32 fatal crashes in five years, in which 34 people died; 10 were pedestrians.
That is 14.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Egg Harbor Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| Galloway Township | B− | 1.8 | 12.3 |
| Estell Manor | — | — | — |
| Linwood | A− | 0.3 | 8.4 |
| Somers Point | C− | 3.3 | 20.5 |
| Northfield | B+ | 0.3 | 10.3 |
| Margate City | — | — | — |
| Pleasantville | C | 3.3 | 15.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Estell Manor has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Margate City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| Monroe Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Egg Harbor Township’s population (48,435), 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 Egg Harbor 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 Egg Harbor Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (48,731 in 2025); our figure for Egg Harbor Township is 48,435 (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 Egg Harbor Township
Is Egg Harbor Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Egg Harbor Township reports more crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #267 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.4 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 Egg Harbor Township?
1.4 violent and 18.1 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 Egg Harbor Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Egg Harbor Township in 2025?
Egg Harbor Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Egg Harbor Township safer than Hamilton Township?
Hamilton Township reports more crime per resident than Egg Harbor Township: Hamilton Township grades C for safety and Egg Harbor Township C+. Hamilton Township’s police reported 1.0 violent and 24.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Egg Harbor Township?
Egg Harbor Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Egg Harbor 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.