Who polices Holiday Heights, and what they report
Holiday Heights has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Ocean County. The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Holiday Heights alone, and no Safety Grade. South Toms River itself is graded B, and no other graded town is as close.
What stands out about safety in Holiday Heights
Policed by the county
Holiday Heights is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Holiday Heights. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New Jersey towns with their own police figures are South Toms River (B, 3 mi), Beachwood (B+, 3 mi), Berkeley Township (B+, 4 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Holiday Heights. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Ocean County without police of their own, which include Holiday Heights.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Ocean County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2024 offenses reported by the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Toms River | B | 3 mi | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Beachwood | B+ | 3 mi | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 4 mi | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| Lacey Township | B+ | 5 mi | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Lakehurst | C+ | 6 mi | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| Toms River Township | B | 6 mi | 1.2 | 11.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Holiday Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Holiday Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Holiday Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Holiday Heights had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Holiday Heights’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Holiday Heights’s own rate (9.4) 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.
Holiday Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| South Toms River | B | 1.0 | 10.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Holiday Heights
Is Holiday Heights, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Holiday Heights. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are South Toms River (B, 3 mi), Beachwood (B+, 3 mi), Berkeley Township (B+, 4 mi).
Who polices Holiday Heights?
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office. Holiday Heights is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Ocean County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.