Photo: Hornbaker Chelsi, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domainLess violent crime is recorded per resident in Long Beach Township than in 61% of U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Long Beach Township’s overall Safety Grade is B− (#228 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 1.3 violent crimes and 13.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of New Jersey, the figures are 2.1 and 13.8.
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 Long Beach Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Long Beach Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Ocean Township (A+), Barnegat Township (A), Stafford Township (B+), Little Egg Harbor Township (B+). Eagleswood Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Beach Haven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Surf City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Ship Bottom reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Long Beach Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 33% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 51% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Long Beach Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Long Beach Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Long Beach Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Long Beach Township’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Long Beach 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Long Beach Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Long Beach Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 16.1 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.8 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
37 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.
3 violent and 34 property, as reported to the FBI by Long Beach Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Long Beach Township’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Long Beach Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Long Beach Township’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.
Long Beach Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Township | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Stafford Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Ocean Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Eagleswood Township | — | — | — |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Beach Haven | — | — | — |
| Surf City | — | — | — |
| Ship Bottom | — | — | — |
| Barnegat Township | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Eagleswood Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Beach Haven reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Surf City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Ship Bottom reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Township | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| West Amwell Township | A | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Wildwood Crest | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Long Beach Township’s population (3,148), 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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,162 in 2025); our figure for Long Beach Township is 3,148 (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 Long Beach Township
Is Long Beach Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Long Beach Township reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #228 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.3 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 Long Beach Township?
1.3 violent and 13.3 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.
Is Long Beach Township safer than Stafford Township?
Stafford Township reports less crime per resident than Long Beach Township: Stafford Township grades B+ for safety and Long Beach Township B−. Stafford Township’s police reported 0.5 violent and 8.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Long Beach Township?
Long Beach Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Long Beach 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.