Photo: User:Ekem · Public domainFor violent crime, Green Brook Township beats 82% of U.S. towns per resident
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Green Brook Township’s police logs show 0.6 violent crime and 6.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of New Jersey the numbers are 2.1 and 13.8. On crimes Green Brook Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #111 of 342 graded towns in 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 Green Brook Township
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Green Brook Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Warren Township (A), Middlesex (A), North Plainfield (C+), Watchung (C−). Dunellen and Bridgewater Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Plainfield reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Green Brook Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 68% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 80% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Green Brook 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Green Brook 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 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Green Brook Township’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Green Brook 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 | Green Brook Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Green Brook Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 5.2 | 12.6 | 1.1 | 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.
47 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.
8 violent and 39 property, as reported to the FBI by Green Brook Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Green Brook Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Green Brook Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Green Brook Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Green Brook Township’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Green Brook Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Middlesex | A | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Dunellen | — | — | — |
| Watchung | C− | 0.4 | 38.7 |
| Plainfield | — | — | — |
| Warren Township | A | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| North Plainfield | C+ | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Bridgewater Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dunellen and Bridgewater Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Plainfield reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Brook Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Emerson | A+ | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Mountainside | A | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Washington | A− | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| Wharton | B+ | 0.5 | 9.7 |
| Keyport | B− | 1.4 | 13.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Green Brook Township’s population (7,410), 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 Green Brook 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 Green Brook Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,514 in 2025); our figure for Green Brook Township is 7,410 (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 Green Brook Township
Is Green Brook Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Green Brook Township reports less crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #111 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.6 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 Green Brook Township?
0.6 violent and 6.2 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 Green Brook Township safer than Middlesex?
Middlesex reports less crime per resident than Green Brook Township: Middlesex grades A for safety and Green Brook Township A−. Middlesex’s police reported 0.3 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Green Brook Township?
Green Brook Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Green Brook 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.