Photo: Daniellek0512 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mahwah Township has no Safety Grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Ramsey, 2 miles away, graded B+. The surrounding 10 miles hold 21 graded places to compare with. Mahwah Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Mahwah Township’s police reported
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| Year | Mahwah Township | Rest of New Jersey | Mahwah Township | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | not reported | 12.6 | not reported | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
126 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
16 violent and 110 property, as reported to the FBI by Mahwah Township’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Mahwah Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mahwah Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Mahwah Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mahwah Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Mahwah Township’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mahwah Township’s own rate (3.1) 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.
Mahwah Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Allendale | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Franklin Lakes | A | 0.2 | 3.5 |
| Wyckoff Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Saddle River | — | — | — |
| Oakland | A | 0.4 | 3.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wyckoff Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Upper Saddle River reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Mahwah 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 Mahwah Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (25,873 in 2024); our figure for Mahwah Township is 25,678 (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 Mahwah Township
Is Mahwah Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mahwah Township. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Ramsey (B+, 2 mi), Allendale (A, 4 mi), Oakland (A, 5 mi).
Who polices Mahwah Township?
Mahwah Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mahwah 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, 2024, 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.