Ward-Force House and Condit Family Cook House · Photo: Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Livingston Township fell 48% from 2023 to 2025
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Livingston Township at B+ (#162 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns. What’s more, recorded violent crime ran at 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 9.3, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of 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 Livingston Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Livingston Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Florham Park (A), East Hanover Township (B−), West Orange Township (B−), Millburn Township (B−). Roseland reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Livingston Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 53% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 69% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Livingston Township has 20,951 jobs based in town for 32,223 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Livingston 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 | Livingston Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Livingston Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.1 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Livingston Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Livingston Township’s police reported 58 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 Livingston 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
227 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.
17 violent and 210 property, as reported to the FBI by Livingston Township’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Livingston Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Livingston Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Livingston Township’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Livingston Township’s own rate (1.3) 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.
Livingston Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Florham Park | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| East Hanover Township | B− | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Roseland | — | — | — |
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Roseland reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Westfield | A | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Princeton | A− | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Long Branch | C+ | 2.4 | 14.7 |
| Willingboro Township | C | 3.6 | 12.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Livingston Township’s population (32,223), 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 Livingston 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 Livingston Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,351 in 2025); our figure for Livingston Township is 32,223 (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 Livingston Township
Is Livingston Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Livingston Township reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #162 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 Livingston Township?
0.6 violent and 9.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Livingston Township in 2025?
Livingston 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 Livingston Township safer than Florham Park?
Florham Park reports less crime per resident than Livingston Township: Florham Park grades A for safety and Livingston Township B+. Florham Park’s police reported 0.2 violent and 5.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Livingston Township?
Livingston Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Livingston 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.