Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Little Egg Harbor Township fell 61% from 2023 to 2025
Behind the grade sit 0.6 violent crime and 8.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Little Egg Harbor Township at B+ (#143 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns. Its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident.
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 Little Egg Harbor Township
Little Egg Harbor Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Little Egg Harbor Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Long Beach Township (B−), Galloway Township (B−). Bass River Township and Eagleswood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Beach Haven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Little Egg Harbor Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 58% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 72% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Little Egg Harbor 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Little Egg Harbor Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Little Egg Harbor Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 10.3 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Little Egg Harbor Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Little Egg Harbor Township’s police reported 38 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Little Egg Harbor Township 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
101 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.
5 violent and 96 property, as reported to the FBI by Little Egg Harbor Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Little Egg Harbor Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Little Egg Harbor Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people 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 Little Egg Harbor Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Little Egg Harbor Township’s own rate (7.5) 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.
Little Egg Harbor Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Egg Harbor Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Bass River Township | — | — | — |
| Galloway Township | B− | 1.8 | 12.3 |
| Long Beach Township | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Beach Haven | — | — | — |
| Eagleswood Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bass River Township and Eagleswood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Beach Haven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Egg Harbor Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Moorestown Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Lower Township | B+ | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Harrison | C | 2.5 | 17.8 |
| Elmwood Park | C | 2.3 | 19.5 |
| Lindenwold | C− | 4.1 | 18.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Little Egg Harbor Township’s population (21,801), 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 Little Egg Harbor 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 Little Egg Harbor Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,816 in 2025); our figure for Little Egg Harbor Township is 21,801 (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 Little Egg Harbor Township
Is Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Little Egg Harbor Township reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #143 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.6 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 Little Egg Harbor Township?
0.6 violent and 8.5 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 Little Egg Harbor Township safer than Galloway Township?
Galloway Township reports more crime per resident than Little Egg Harbor Township: Galloway Township grades B− for safety and Little Egg Harbor Township B+. Galloway Township’s police reported 1.8 violent and 12.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Little Egg Harbor Township?
Little Egg Harbor Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Little Egg Harbor 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.