Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Lacey Township reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Lacey Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #154 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey.
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 Lacey Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Lacey Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Ocean Township (A+), Barnegat Township (A), Manchester Township (A), Berkeley Township (B+). Woodland Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lacey Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 70% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lacey 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lacey Township’s police reported 74 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 | Lacey Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 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 | Lacey Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Lacey Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
244 crimes reported in 2025
20 violent and 224 property, as reported to the FBI by Lacey 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.
11 people died in crashes on Lacey Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lacey Township had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Lacey Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Township | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| Ocean Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Manchester Township | A | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Barnegat Township | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Woodland Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Woodland Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Township | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Nutley Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Stafford Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| East Windsor Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Rahway | B | 1.8 | 8.6 |
| Englewood | C+ | 3.0 | 11.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Lacey Township’s population (30,297), 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 Lacey 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 Lacey Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,417 in 2025); our figure for Lacey Township is 30,297 (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 Lacey Township
Is Lacey Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lacey Township reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #154 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.8 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 Lacey Township?
0.8 violent and 8.2 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 Lacey Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Lacey Township in 2025?
Lacey Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lacey Township safer than Berkeley Township?
Berkeley Township reports more crime per resident than Lacey Township: Berkeley Township grades B+ for safety and Lacey Township B+. Berkeley Township’s police reported 1.3 violent and 7.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lacey Township?
Lacey Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lacey 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.