Lake Hiawatha has no Safety Grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 32 towns with grades of their own. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Boonton (B+), 2 miles away. Lake Hiawatha 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 Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boonton | B+ | 2 mi | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 3 mi | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Fairfield Township | B− | 4 mi | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| Boonton Township | A+ | 4 mi | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| East Hanover Township | B− | 5 mi | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Hanover Township | B | 5 mi | 0.7 | 13.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Hiawatha. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Hiawatha.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Lake Hiawatha’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Lake Hiawatha’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Hiawatha’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Lake Hiawatha and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montville Township | — | — | — |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Montville Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Lake Hiawatha
Is Lake Hiawatha, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lake Hiawatha. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Boonton (B+, 2 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (B+, 3 mi), Fairfield Township (B−, 4 mi).
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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.