Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Hanover Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Hanover Township grades B for safety (#209 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Hanover Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Hanover Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (B+), Morris Plains (B+), East Hanover Township (B−). Morris Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hanover Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 39% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 56% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Hanover Township has 20,019 jobs based in town for 15,105 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hanover 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 Hanover Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.4) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Hanover Township’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Hanover Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Hanover Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Hanover Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
220 crimes reported in 2025
3 violent and 217 property, as reported to the FBI by Hanover Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Hanover Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Hanover Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Hanover Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hanover Township’s own rate (4.1) 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.
Hanover Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
| East Hanover Township | B− | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Morris Township | — | — | — |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Morris Plains | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Morris Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
| Verona Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Berkeley Heights Township | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Highland Park | B | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Hammonton | B | 1.8 | 8.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Hanover Township’s population (15,105), by grade.
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 Hanover 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 Hanover Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,187 in 2025); our figure for Hanover Township is 15,105 (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 Hanover Township
Is Hanover Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hanover Township reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #209 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.7 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 Hanover Township?
0.7 violent and 13.4 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 crime going up or down in Hanover Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Hanover Township safer than East Hanover Township?
East Hanover Township reports more crime per resident than Hanover Township: East Hanover Township grades B− for safety and Hanover Township B. East Hanover Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 17.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hanover Township?
Hanover Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hanover 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.