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The overall Safety Grade is B− (#246 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey), which means close to the middle of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 1.2 violent crimes and 14.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Jersey, 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 Lumberton Township
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Lumberton Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Medford Township (A−), Eastampton Township (B), Mount Laurel Township (C), Mount Holly Township (C). Southampton Township and Hainesport Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lumberton Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 28% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lumberton 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 Lumberton Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.9) 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 | Lumberton Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lumberton Township’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Lumberton 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.
How crime in Lumberton Township has moved
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| Year | Lumberton Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Lumberton Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 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.
208 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 191 property, as reported to the FBI by Lumberton Township’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Lumberton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Lumberton Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Lumberton Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lumberton Township’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Lumberton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.9 |
| Southampton Township | — | — | — |
| Medford Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Hainesport Township | — | — | — |
| Eastampton Township | B | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
| Mount Holly Township | C | 3.4 | 16.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Southampton Township and Hainesport Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.9 |
| Clinton Township | A | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| Florence Township | A− | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Ridgefield Park | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Red Bank | B− | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Pennsville Township | C | 1.2 | 27.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Lumberton Township’s population (13,171), 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 Lumberton 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 Lumberton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,102 in 2025); our figure for Lumberton Township is 13,171 (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 Lumberton Township
Is Lumberton Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lumberton Township reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #246 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.2 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 Lumberton Township?
1.2 violent and 14.9 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 Lumberton Township safer than Medford Township?
Medford Township reports less crime per resident than Lumberton Township: Medford Township grades A− for safety and Lumberton Township B−. Medford Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lumberton Township?
Lumberton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lumberton 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.