Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Policing and crime in Lafayette Township, NJ
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 6 towns with grades of their own. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Franklin (A), 4 miles away. Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, Lafayette Township has nothing to grade it on.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | A | 4 mi | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| Sparta Township | A | 5 mi | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Hamburg | B+ | 6 mi | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| Hardyston Township | A | 6 mi | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Newton | B | 6 mi | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| Andover Township | A+ | 7 mi | 0.2 | 2.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lafayette Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lafayette Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Lafayette Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lafayette Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people 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 Lafayette Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lafayette Township’s own rate (17.1) 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.
Lafayette Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Township | — | — | — |
| Hardyston Township | A | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Sparta Township | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Andover Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.5 |
| Frankford Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hampton Township and Frankford Township have no FBI figures of their own for 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 Lafayette Township
Is Lafayette Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lafayette Township. Lafayette Township has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Franklin (A, 4 mi), Sparta Township (A, 5 mi), Hamburg (B+, 6 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lafayette Township.
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.