Photo: Eva and Rodney Hargis · CC BY-SA 2.0Hamilton Township records more property crime per head than four in five U.S. towns
Among its 6 neighbors with figures, 5 record less crime per resident. All told, Hamilton Township grades C for safety (#288 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, the local count comes to 1.9 violent crimes and 21.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.1 and 13.7 in the rest of New Jersey. The crimes the grade counts fell 12% per resident from 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 stands out about safety in Hamilton Township
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Hamilton Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Chesterfield Township (A+), Bordentown (A−), Robbinsville Township (B+), Bordentown Township (B+), Lawrence Township (B−), Trenton (D). North Hanover Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Upper Freehold 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 Hamilton Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 29% 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 Hamilton 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hamilton Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hamilton Township’s police reported 536 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hamilton Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Hamilton Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 22.0 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 23.5 | 13.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 19.8 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 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.
Crime in Hamilton 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,016 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.
151 violent and 1,865 property, as reported to the FBI by Hamilton Township’s police.
30 people died in crashes on Hamilton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Hamilton Township had 30 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 14 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Hamilton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.9 | 21.8 |
| Chesterfield Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Bordentown Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| Lawrence Township | B− | 0.3 | 16.4 |
| North Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Trenton | D | 9.6 | 21.9 |
| Bordentown | A− | 0.5 | 6.3 |
| Robbinsville Township | B+ | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Upper Freehold Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Hanover Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Upper Freehold Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.9 | 21.8 |
| Toms River Township | B | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| Brick Township | B− | 1.4 | 11.3 |
| Bayonne | C+ | 2.8 | 13.2 |
| Edison Township | C+ | 1.8 | 17.9 |
| East Orange | C− | 4.6 | 19.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Hamilton Township’s population (94,157), 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 Hamilton Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Hamilton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (94,259 in 2025); our figure for Hamilton Township is 94,157 (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 Hamilton Township
Is Hamilton Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hamilton Township reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #288 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.9 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 Hamilton Township?
1.9 violent and 21.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hamilton Township in 2025?
Hamilton Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Hamilton Township safer than Chesterfield Township?
Chesterfield Township reports less crime per resident than Hamilton Township: Chesterfield Township grades A+ for safety and Hamilton Township C. Chesterfield Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 1.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hamilton Township?
Hamilton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hamilton Township, Mercer 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.