Whitney Mansion · Photo: BobGalasso · CC BY-SA 3.0For recorded crime, Glassboro sits in the middle of U.S. towns
The graded rate rose 25% from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, the yearly rates were 1.8 violent crimes and 12.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Glassboro’s overall Safety Grade is B− (#243 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Its 5 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident.
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 Glassboro
5 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Glassboro’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Pitman (A), Harrison Township (A), Elk Township (A−), Clayton (B+), Monroe Township (B). Washington Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Glassboro’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 29% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 48% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Glassboro is home to Rowan University, with 17,065 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 29% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Glassboro’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. Its property rate (12.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Glassboro property | Rest of New Jersey property | Glassboro violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 10.8 | 14.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Glassboro | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glassboro’s police reported 129 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Glassboro 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
403 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.
53 violent and 350 property, as reported to the FBI by Glassboro’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Glassboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Glassboro had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Glassboro’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glassboro’s own rate (6.7) 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.
Glassboro and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassboro | B− | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Elk Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Pitman | A | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Clayton | B+ | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| Monroe Township | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Harrison Township | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Washington Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glassboro | B− | 1.8 | 12.2 |
| Raritan Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| West Milford Township | A | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Cranford Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Burlington Township | B− | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| South Plainfield | C+ | 1.4 | 18.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Glassboro’s population (24,483), 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 Glassboro. 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 Glassboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,586 in 2025); our figure for Glassboro is 24,483 (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 Glassboro
Is Glassboro, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glassboro reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #243 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 Glassboro?
1.8 violent and 12.2 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 Glassboro safer than Elk Township?
Elk Township reports less crime per resident than Glassboro: Elk Township grades A− for safety and Glassboro B−. Elk Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Glassboro?
Glassboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glassboro”. 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.