Photo: Unmarred · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in Freehold Township: the figures, without a grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Freehold, 3 miles away, graded B−. There are 7 graded towns within 10 miles. Freehold Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
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.
The years Freehold Township’s police reported
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| Year | Freehold Township | Rest of New Jersey | Freehold Township | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 14.8 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
541 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.
55 violent and 486 property, as reported to the FBI by Freehold Township’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold | B− | 3 mi | 2.2 | 9.7 |
| Manalapan Township | A− | 5 mi | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| Englishtown | A− | 6 mi | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Colts Neck Township | A | 8 mi | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Marlboro Township | B+ | 8 mi | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Monroe Township | A+ | 9 mi | 0.2 | 2.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Freehold Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Freehold Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
21 people died in crashes on Freehold Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Freehold Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 11.8 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.
Freehold Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlboro Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Howell Township | — | — | — |
| Manalapan Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| Jackson Township | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Howell Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
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 Freehold 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 Freehold Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (35,898 in 2025); our figure for Freehold Township is 36,052 (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 Freehold Township
Is Freehold Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Freehold Township. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Freehold (B−, 3 mi), Manalapan Township (A−, 5 mi), Englishtown (A−, 6 mi).
Who polices Freehold Township?
Freehold Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Freehold 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.