Lincroft goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Colts Neck Township, 3 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (A). A 10-mile radius takes in 21 places that are graded. Lincroft has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Monmouth County. The Monmouth 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 Lincroft alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Lincroft
Policed by the county
Lincroft is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Lincroft. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New Jersey towns with their own police figures are Colts Neck Township (A, 3 mi), Holmdel Township (A−, 3 mi), Red Bank (B−, 4 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lincroft. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Monmouth County without police of their own, which include Lincroft.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Monmouth County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Monmouth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colts Neck Township | A | 3 mi | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Holmdel Township | A− | 3 mi | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| Red Bank | B− | 4 mi | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Shrewsbury | C+ | 4 mi | 0.5 | 19.5 |
| Eatontown | C+ | 5 mi | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Little Silver | A | 5 mi | 0.1 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lincroft. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lincroft.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Lincroft’s roads in 2019–2023
Lincroft had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Lincroft’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lincroft’s own rate (11.5) 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.
Lincroft and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Colts Neck Township | A | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Holmdel Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its 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 Lincroft
Is Lincroft, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lincroft. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Colts Neck Township (A, 3 mi), Holmdel Township (A−, 3 mi), Red Bank (B−, 4 mi).
Who polices Lincroft?
The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Lincroft is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Monmouth County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lincroft.
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.