Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Greenwich Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
The graded rate fell 44% from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, the local count comes to 0.1 violent crime and 24.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Taking everything together, Greenwich Township scores C+ (#270 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 stands out about safety in Greenwich Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Greenwich Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lopatcong Township (A−), Pohatcong Township (C−). Franklin Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Greenwich Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 21% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Greenwich Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Greenwich Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Greenwich Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Greenwich Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 27.2 | 14.7 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 29.6 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell 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 | Greenwich Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Greenwich Township’s police reported 1 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Greenwich 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
84 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 84 property, as reported to the FBI by Greenwich Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Greenwich Township’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Greenwich Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Greenwich 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.
Greenwich Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Township | C+ | 0.1 | 24.0 |
| Lopatcong Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Pohatcong Township | C− | 0.4 | 39.4 |
| Franklin Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Franklin Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Township | C+ | 0.1 | 24.0 |
| Andover Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Independence Township | A+ | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Blairstown Township | A | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| Jamesburg | A | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| Somerdale | D | 2.5 | 48.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Greenwich Township’s population (5,726), 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 Greenwich 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 Greenwich Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,543 in 2025); our figure for Greenwich Township is 5,726 (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 Greenwich Township
Is Greenwich Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greenwich Township reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #270 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.1 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 Greenwich Township?
0.1 violent and 24.0 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 Greenwich Township safer than Lopatcong Township?
Lopatcong Township reports less crime per resident than Greenwich Township: Lopatcong Township grades A− for safety and Greenwich Township C+. Lopatcong Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Greenwich Township?
Greenwich Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greenwich Township, Warren 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.