Photo: Forrest R. Whitesides / Culturejam23 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Hopatcong reports less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
A Safety Grade of A follows from crimes Hopatcong’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #50 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Annual rates stand at 0.9 violent crime and 1.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. On violence it beats 72% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 97%.
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 Hopatcong
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Hopatcong’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Mount Arlington (A+), Jefferson Township (A+), Stanhope (A), Roxbury Township (A−). Byram Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hopatcong’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hopatcong | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hopatcong’s police reported 39 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Hopatcong 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 | Hopatcong property | Rest of New Jersey property | Hopatcong violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 14.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 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.
45 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.
14 violent and 31 property, as reported to the FBI by Hopatcong’s police.
One person died in crashes on Hopatcong’s roads in 2019–2023
Hopatcong had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Hopatcong’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hopatcong’s own rate (1.4) 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.
Hopatcong and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopatcong | A | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Byram Township | — | — | — |
| Roxbury Township | A− | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Jefferson Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Mount Arlington | A+ | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Stanhope | A | 0.6 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Byram Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopatcong | A | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Woolwich Township | A | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Middlesex | A | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Hammonton | B | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Hopatcong’s population (14,824), 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 Hopatcong. 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 Hopatcong’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,857 in 2025); our figure for Hopatcong is 14,824 (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 Hopatcong
Is Hopatcong, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hopatcong reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #50 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.9 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 Hopatcong?
0.9 violent and 1.6 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 Hopatcong safer than Roxbury Township?
Roxbury Township reports more crime per resident than Hopatcong: Roxbury Township grades A− for safety and Hopatcong A. Roxbury Township’s police reported 0.1 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hopatcong?
Hopatcong’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hopatcong”. 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.