Jesse Chew House · Photo: Ton2cats · CC BY-SA 3.0Mantua Township has less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
All 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, Mantua Township grades C+ for safety (#258 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 0.7 violent crime and 18.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set 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 Mantua Township
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Mantua Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Pitman (A), Harrison Township (A), East Greenwich Township (A−), West Deptford Township (B). Washington Township and Deptford Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Wenonah has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Mantua Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 25% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Mantua 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 Mantua Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mantua Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mantua Township’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Mantua 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 | Mantua Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Mantua Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 18.9 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 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.
310 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.
15 violent and 295 property, as reported to the FBI by Mantua Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Mantua Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mantua Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is more than 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 Mantua Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mantua Township’s own rate (9.1) 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.
Mantua Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantua Township | C+ | 0.7 | 18.8 |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Deptford Township | — | — | — |
| West Deptford Township | B | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Wenonah | — | — | — |
| Pitman | A | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Harrison Township | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| East Greenwich Township | A− | 0.6 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Washington Township and Deptford Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Wenonah has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantua Township | C+ | 0.7 | 18.8 |
| Pequannock Township | A | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| Roselle Park | A− | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| Edgewater | B | 0.5 | 12.7 |
| Phillipsburg | C+ | 2.4 | 16.0 |
| Haddon Township | C− | 1.1 | 30.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Mantua Township’s population (15,582), 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 Mantua 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 Mantua Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,626 in 2025); our figure for Mantua Township is 15,582 (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 Mantua Township
Is Mantua Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mantua Township reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #258 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.7 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 Mantua Township?
0.7 violent and 18.8 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 Mantua Township safer than West Deptford Township?
West Deptford Township reports less crime per resident than Mantua Township: West Deptford Township grades B for safety and Mantua Township C+. West Deptford Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 11.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mantua Township?
Mantua Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mantua 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.