Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Frenchtown than in 95% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 94% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 91%. Violence and property crime split as 0.2 violent crime and 2.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Add to that, its letter for safety is A+, worked out from crimes Frenchtown’s police reported over 2023 to 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’s behind Frenchtown’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Frenchtown | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Frenchtown’s police reported 1 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Frenchtown 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 no violent crimes, 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 | Frenchtown property | Rest of New Jersey property | Frenchtown violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 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.
3 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.
0 violent and 3 property, as reported to the FBI by Frenchtown’s police.
No one died in a crash on Frenchtown’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 Frenchtown’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Frenchtown’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.
Frenchtown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Alexandria Township | — | — | — |
| Kingwood Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Alexandria Township and Kingwood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Allentown | A | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Chester | A− | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| Alpine | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Sea Bright | B+ | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Winfield Township | B | 0.9 | 11.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Frenchtown’s population (1,500), 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 Frenchtown. 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 Frenchtown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,529 in 2025); our figure for Frenchtown is 1,500 (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 Frenchtown
Is Frenchtown, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Frenchtown reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.2 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 Frenchtown?
0.2 violent and 2.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Frenchtown?
Frenchtown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Frenchtown”. 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.