Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Franklin Township reports less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
2 of the 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Still, the grade is A, built on crimes Franklin Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #42 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 3.0, against 2.1 and 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 Franklin Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Franklin Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Raritan Township (A+), Delaware Township (A+), Clinton Township (A). Union Township, Alexandria Township and Kingwood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Clinton reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Franklin 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Franklin Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Franklin Township’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Franklin 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 | Franklin Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Franklin Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 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.
9 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.
2 violent and 7 property, as reported to the FBI by Franklin Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Franklin Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Franklin Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Franklin Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Franklin Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | A | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Clinton Township | A | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| Union Township | — | — | — |
| Raritan Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Alexandria Township | — | — | — |
| Delaware Township | A+ | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Kingwood Township | — | — | — |
| Clinton | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union Township, Alexandria Township and Kingwood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Clinton reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | A | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Hamburg | B+ | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Lawnside | D− | 3.3 | 60.0 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Franklin Township’s population (3,288), 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 Franklin 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 Franklin Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,320 in 2025); our figure for Franklin Township is 3,288 (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 Franklin Township
Is Franklin Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Franklin Township reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #42 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.4 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 Franklin Township?
0.4 violent and 3.0 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 Franklin Township safer than Clinton Township?
Clinton Township reports more crime per resident than Franklin Township: Clinton Township grades A for safety and Franklin Township A. Clinton Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 3.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Franklin Township?
Franklin Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Franklin Township, Hunterdon County”. 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.