Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Maple Shade Township reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Maple Shade Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #297 of 342 graded towns in 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 Maple Shade Township
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Maple Shade Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Moorestown Township (B+), Cinnaminson Township (C+), Mount Laurel Township (C), Pennsauken Township (D). Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Maple Shade 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Maple Shade Township’s police reported 212 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Maple Shade Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
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| Year | Maple Shade Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Maple Shade Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.3 | 13.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 21.9 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 17.2 | 12.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
418 crimes reported in 2025
67 violent and 351 property, as reported to the FBI by Maple Shade Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Maple Shade Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Maple Shade Township had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Maple Shade Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Maple Shade Township’s own rate (3.0) 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.
Maple Shade Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade Township | C− | 3.5 | 18.9 |
| Cherry Hill Township | — | — | — |
| Moorestown Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Pennsauken Township | D | 2.6 | 43.3 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
| Cinnaminson Township | C+ | 1.0 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade Township | C− | 3.5 | 18.9 |
| Jefferson Township | A+ | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Sparta Township | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Palisades Park | A− | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Morristown | B+ | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Hazlet Township | B | 0.9 | 11.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Maple Shade Township’s population (20,556), by grade.
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 Maple Shade 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 Maple Shade Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,415 in 2025); our figure for Maple Shade Township is 20,556 (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 Maple Shade Township
Is Maple Shade Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Maple Shade Township reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #297 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 3.5 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 Maple Shade Township?
3.5 violent and 18.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Maple Shade Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Maple Shade Township safer than Moorestown Township?
Moorestown Township reports less crime per resident than Maple Shade Township: Moorestown Township grades B+ for safety and Maple Shade Township C−. Moorestown Township’s police reported 0.6 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Maple Shade Township?
Maple Shade Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Maple Shade 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.